marble quail
I’m building a Loom-style desktop screen recorder with ElectronJS. I show a floating overlay window (like Loom's control buttons), but I want to record the entire screen without including that UI overlay in the video.
I tried using desktopCapturer + MediaRecorder, but Electron captures all visible windows, including my control overlay.
🔍 How does Loom avoid recording its own overlay even when recording fullscreen? Is it using native APIs like DXGI or AVFoundation to exclude its own window by handle?
✅ What I need:
Record full screen.
Show floating controls (always-on-top Electron window).
Ensure the floating control window is NOT included in the recording.
❓What’s the best approach to do this in Electron? Native module? Node C++ addon? Any existing libraries or tips?
stray oriole
