dig dug mockup and began setting up a recorder prefab

Assets/Scripts/AssetSpace.cs

@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ public class AssetSpace
       }
     }
 
-
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   }
 

Assets/Scripts/Recorder.cs

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+using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEditor.Recorder;
+
+[RequireComponent(typeof(Camera))]
+public class Recorder : MonoBehaviour
+{
+  // Make this a prefab, that way you can move it between scenes
+
+  [Header("References")]
+  public Mesh mesh;
+  public MeshRenderer viewFinderRend;
+
+  Camera cam;
+  RecorderController recorder;
+
+  void Start()
+  {
+    cam = GetComponent<Camera>();
+
+    RenderTexture viewTex = new RenderTexture(512, 256, 16, RenderTextureFormat.Default);
+    viewTex.Create();
+    viewFinderRend.material.mainTexture = cam.targetTexture = viewTex;
+
+    RecorderControllerSettings settings = new RecorderControllerSettings();
+    recorder = new RecorderController(settings);
+    recorder.PrepareRecording();
+  }
+
+  void Update()
+  {
+    // Need to interact spatially with it, so buttons on the camera?
+    // nah to imprecise? esp if the camera is moving...
+    // then how do we get it to play nice with existing controls...
+    // its just one button for now so we can squeeze it in somewhere
+
+    // Hook up to unity recorder system (only works in editor :/)
+    // Record
+    // recorder.StartRecording();
+    // End
+    // recorder.StopRecording();
+
+    // Pause (nice in theory annoying in practice *need to trim and adjust clips)
+  }
+}

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     "com.unity.ide.rider": "1.1.4",
     "com.unity.ide.vscode": "1.1.3",
+    "com.unity.recorder": "2.2.0-preview.4",
     "com.unity.test-framework": "1.1.3",
     "com.unity.textmeshpro": "2.0.1",
     "com.unity.timeline": "1.2.6",