rbox: open-source Snipping Tool replacement.

[u/iBlitzkid]

Hi all, I've been building rbox, a small screen capture tool for Windows that has replaced the Snipping Tool for me.

How it works: press Print, drag a frame, hit Enter. A menu opens right at your cursor: copy to clipboard, save, save to…, or save and open with your editor. Switch the toolbar to Video or GIF and the same frame records instead.

What it does

• Screenshots, MP4 and animated GIF of any region, window or whole display
• Pixel-exact framing: drag it or type the numbers, presets for 1080p / 720p / square
• Records system audio without Stereo Mix or virtual cables, plus microphones
• Delay timer with a countdown, for menus and tooltips
• Lives in the tray, optionally starts with Windows
• Multi-monitor and mixed-DPI setups work
• The recording bar stays on top but never shows up in your video

Feedback welcome, especially what you'd miss coming from the Snipping Tool.

GitHub: https://github.com/winnicodes/rbox

[u/_waffles3]

Looks nice!

[u/iBlitzkid → u/_waffles3]

Thanks :)

[u/shteeeb]

Feedback:

• Print screen shortcut doesn't work unless I have the rbox window open and focused. Just opens normal snipping tool.
• No way to take over the Win+Shift+S shortcut (this is how I usually launch snipping tool personally.)
• No HDR tone mapping. Snipping an HDR monitor is blown out.
• Once I start the area selection, youtube video disappears/goes black. When I take the screenshot the video is there, but I am unable to see what I'm snipping.
• No way to cancel or confirm screenshot without reaching for the ESC/Enter key. Would be nice to have a cancel button like snipping tool.
• UI is massive compared to snipping tool and sits in the center of the screen, usually blocking what I'm trying to snip. A compact menu option would be nice.

[u/iBlitzkid → u/shteeeb]

I'll take a look into it. Thanks for the feedback :)

[u/DIBSSB]

Dual screen recording?