refactors ; some new additions to recording which are critical for cctv softwares

src/main/java/io/swtc/Main.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package io.swtc;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.IconSetter;
 import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.ShowError;
 
 public class Main {

src/main/java/io/swtc/SwingCCTVManager.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.github.sarxos.webcam.ds.ipcam.IpCamDriver;
 import com.github.sarxos.webcam.ds.ipcam.IpCamMode;
 import io.swtc.networking.CameraConfig;
 import io.swtc.networking.CameraSettings;
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.IconSetter;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public class SwingCCTVManager {
         frame = new JFrame("dashboard");
         frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         frame.setSize(1000, 600);
+        frame.setIconImage(IconSetter.getIcon());
 
         this.IFrame = new SwingIFrame();
         this.IFrame.show();
@@ -71,14 +73,33 @@ public class SwingCCTVManager {
             }
         });
 
+
         JToolBar toolBar = new JToolBar();
+
+        Image ogIcon = IconSetter.getIcon();
+        Image scaledIcon = ogIcon.getScaledInstance(32, 32, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
+        JLabel iconLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(scaledIcon));
+        toolBar.add(iconLabel);
+
+        JLabel textLabel = new JLabel("SWT-CCTV");
+        toolBar.add(textLabel);
+
+        toolBar.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(10, 0))); // 20px horizontal padding
+
+        toolBar.addSeparator(new Dimension(10, 32)); // 10px width, 32px height
+
         JButton btnAdd = new JButton("Add IP Cam");
         JButton btnLaunch = new JButton("Launch Stream");
+
+        btnAdd.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 32));
+        btnLaunch.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(120, 32));
+
+        toolBar.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(5,0)));
         toolBar.add(btnAdd);
         toolBar.addSeparator();
         toolBar.add(btnLaunch);
 
-        frame.add(toolBar, BorderLayout.NORTH);
+        frame.add(toolBar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
         frame.add(new JScrollPane(deviceTable), BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
         btnAdd.addActionListener(e -> showAddCameraDialog());
@@ -145,12 +166,14 @@ public class SwingCCTVManager {
         }
 
         JPopupMenu menu = new JPopupMenu();
+        JMenuItem ico = new JMenuItem("test");
         JMenuItem launch = new JMenuItem("Launch Live Stream");
         JMenuItem delete = new JMenuItem("Remove Device");
 
         launch.addActionListener(al -> launchSelected());
         delete.addActionListener(al -> deleteSelected());
 
+        menu.add(ico);
         menu.add(launch);
         menu.addSeparator();
         menu.add(delete);

src/main/java/io/swtc/SwingIFrame.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.swtc;
 
 import com.github.sarxos.webcam.Webcam;
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.IconSetter;
 import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.iframe.*; // Your custom frames
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ public class SwingIFrame {
         mainFrame.setSize(1280, 720);
         mainFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
+        mainFrame.setIconImage(IconSetter.getIcon());
+
         desktopPane = new DesktopPane(cameraToEffects);
         desktopPane.setBackground(defDesktopBg);
         mainFrame.add(desktopPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

src/main/java/io/swtc/proccessing/ui/IconSetter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package io.swtc.proccessing.ui;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class IconSetter {
+
+    private static Image ICON_IMAGE;
+    private static ImageIcon ICON_ICON;
+    private static Image effects_icon;
+
+    public static Image getIcon() {
+        if (ICON_IMAGE == null) {
+            URL url = IconSetter.class.getResource("/icons/artwork.png");
+            if (url == null) throw new RuntimeException("Icon not found: /icons/artwork.png");
+            ICON_IMAGE = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);
+        }
+        return ICON_IMAGE;
+    }
+
+    public static Image getEffectIcon() {
+        if (Objects.isNull(effects_icon)) {
+            URL url = IconSetter.class.getResource("/icons/effectsframe.png");
+            if (Objects.isNull(url)) ShowError.error(null,"Error","Icon not found");
+            effects_icon = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);
+        }
+        return effects_icon;
+    }
+
+    public static ImageIcon getIconAsImageIcon() {
+        if (ICON_ICON == null) {
+            URL url = IconSetter.class.getResource("/icons/artwork.png");
+            if (url == null) throw new RuntimeException("Icon not found: /icons/artwork.png");
+            ICON_ICON = new ImageIcon(url); // separate variable for ImageIcon
+        }
+        return ICON_ICON;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/io/swtc/proccessing/ui/ShowError.java

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ public final class ShowError {
     public static void error(Component parent, String title, String message) {
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
                 parent,
-                message,
                 title,
+                message,
                 JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE
         );
     }
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public final class ShowError {
     public static void warning(Component parent, String title, String message) {
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
                 parent,
-                message,
                 title,
+                message,
                 JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE
         );
     }

src/main/java/io/swtc/proccessing/ui/iframe/CameraInternalFrame.java

@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ package io.swtc.proccessing.ui.iframe;
 import com.github.sarxos.webcam.Webcam;
 import io.swtc.proccessing.WebcamCaptureLoop;
 import io.swtc.proccessing.CameraPanel;
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.IconSetter;
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.ShowError;
+import io.swtc.recording.RecordingManager;
 import io.swtc.recording.VideoRecorder;
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.RescaleOp;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -16,15 +20,19 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 public class CameraInternalFrame extends JInternalFrame {
     private final WebcamCaptureLoop captureLoop;
     private final CameraPanel cameraPanel;
-    private final VideoRecorder videoRecorder; // Instance of the recorder
-    private JButton recordBtn;
+    private final VideoRecorder videoRecorder;
+    private final RecordingManager recordingManager;
 
     public CameraInternalFrame(Webcam webcam, Consumer<CameraInternalFrame> onOpenEffects) {
         super(webcam.getName(), true, true, true, true);
-        this.cameraPanel = new CameraPanel();
-        this.videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder(); // Initialize recorder
 
-        // Initialize capture loop
+        Image ico = IconSetter.getIcon();
+        setFrameIcon(new ImageIcon(ico));
+
+        this.cameraPanel = new CameraPanel();
+        this.videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();
+        this.recordingManager = new RecordingManager(cameraPanel); // Initialize recorder
+
         this.captureLoop = new WebcamCaptureLoop(webcam, img ->
             SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> cameraPanel.setImage(img))
         );
@@ -36,11 +44,15 @@ public class CameraInternalFrame extends JInternalFrame {
     private void setupUI(Consumer<CameraInternalFrame> onOpenEffects) {
         JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
         tabbedPane.addTab("View", cameraPanel);
-        tabbedPane.addTab("Capture", new RecordingPane(cameraPanel, videoRecorder));
+        tabbedPane.addTab("Capture", new JPanel());
         tabbedPane.addTab("Effects", new JPanel());
 
         tabbedPane.addChangeListener(e -> {
-            if (tabbedPane.getSelectedIndex() == 2) {
+            int index = tabbedPane.getSelectedIndex();
+            if (index == 1) { // the tab index for capture is 1
+                tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
+                openRecordingFrame();
+            } else if (index == 2) {
                 tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
                 onOpenEffects.accept(this);
             }
@@ -50,79 +62,25 @@ public class CameraInternalFrame extends JInternalFrame {
         setSize(600, 500);
     }
 
-    private JPanel createCapturePanel() {
-        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2, 1, 10, 10)); // Changed to Grid for better button layout
-        panel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(15, 15, 15, 15));
-
-        JButton screenshotBtn = new JButton("Take Screenshot");
-        screenshotBtn.addActionListener(e -> saveSnapshot());
-
-        recordBtn = new JButton("Start Recording");
-        recordBtn.addActionListener(e -> toggleRecording());
-
-        panel.add(screenshotBtn);
-        panel.add(recordBtn);
-
-        // Wrap in a wrapper to prevent buttons from stretching too much
-        JPanel wrapper = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
-        wrapper.add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
-        return wrapper;
-    }
-
-    private void toggleRecording() {
-        if (!videoRecorder.isRecording()) {
-            startVideo();
-        } else {
-            stopVideo();
+    private void openRecordingFrame() {
+        RecordingFrame rf = new RecordingFrame(this.getTitle(),cameraPanel, videoRecorder);
+        JDesktopPane desktopPane = getDesktopPane();
+        if (desktopPane != null) {
+            desktopPane.add(rf);
+            rf.setVisible(true);
         }
-    }
 
-    private void startVideo() {
         try {
-            File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), "vid_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".mp4");
-            videoRecorder.startRecording(cameraPanel, file);
-
-            recordBtn.setText("Stop Recording");
-            recordBtn.setForeground(Color.RED);
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            showError("Failed to start recording", ex);
+            rf.setSelected(true);
+        } catch (java.beans.PropertyVetoException veto) {
+            ShowError.error(null,"VetoException"+veto.getMessage(),"veto");
         }
     }
 
-    private void stopVideo() {
-        try {
-            File savedFile = videoRecorder.stopRecording();
-
-            recordBtn.setText("Start Recording");
-            recordBtn.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
-
-            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Video saved to: " + savedFile.getAbsolutePath());
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            showError("Failed to stop recording safely", ex);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void saveSnapshot() {
-        BufferedImage img = cameraPanel.getCurrentProcessedImage();
-        if (img != null) {
-            try {
-                File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), "snap_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".png");
-                ImageIO.write(img, "PNG", file);
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                showError("Snapshot failed", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void showError(String title, Exception ex) {
-        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, title + "\n" + ex.getMessage(), "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
-    }
-
     public CameraPanel getCameraPanel() { return cameraPanel; }
 
     @Override
     public void dispose() {
-        // Safety check: stop recording if the window is closed
         if (videoRecorder.isRecording()) {
             try { videoRecorder.stopRecording(); } catch (IOException ignored) {}
         }

src/main/java/io/swtc/proccessing/ui/iframe/EffectsPanelFrame.java

@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@ package io.swtc.proccessing.ui.iframe;
 
 import io.swtc.proccessing.CameraPanel;
 import io.swtc.proccessing.FilterPanel;
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.IconSetter;
+
 import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
 
 public class EffectsPanelFrame extends JInternalFrame {
     public EffectsPanelFrame(String title, CameraPanel cameraPanel) {
         super(title, true, true, true, true);
+
+        Image ico = IconSetter.getIcon();
+        setFrameIcon(new ImageIcon(IconSetter.getEffectIcon()));
+
         setDefaultCloseOperation(HIDE_ON_CLOSE);
         add(new FilterPanel(cameraPanel));
         setSize(350, 600);

src/main/java/io/swtc/proccessing/ui/iframe/RecordingFrame.java

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+package io.swtc.proccessing.ui.iframe;
+
+import io.swtc.proccessing.CameraPanel;
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.IconSetter;
+import io.swtc.proccessing.ui.ShowError;
+import io.swtc.recording.VideoRecorder;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
+public class RecordingFrame extends JInternalFrame {
+    private final VideoRecorder videoRecorder;
+    private final CameraPanel cameraPanel;
+
+    private JButton recordBtn;
+    private JLabel statusLabel;
+    private JLabel statsLabel;
+
+    private File outputDirectory = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"));
+    private File currentFile;
+    private final Timer statsTimer;
+    private long startTime;
+
+
+    // Cache for string building to avoid object allocation every second
+    private final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(32);
+
+    public RecordingFrame(String cameraName, CameraPanel cameraPanel, VideoRecorder videoRecorder) {
+        super(cameraName + " Capture", true, true, false, true);
+
+        Image ico = IconSetter.getIcon();
+        setFrameIcon(new ImageIcon(ico));
+
+        this.cameraPanel = cameraPanel;
+        this.videoRecorder = videoRecorder;
+
+        initializeUI();
+
+        this.statsTimer = new Timer(1000, e -> updateStats());
+        this.statsTimer.setCoalesce(true);
+
+        pack();
+    }
+
+    private void initializeUI() {
+        JPanel mainContent = new JPanel();
+        mainContent.setLayout(new BoxLayout(mainContent, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
+        mainContent.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
+
+        mainContent.add(createStoragePanel());
+        mainContent.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
+        mainContent.add(createActionPanel());
+        mainContent.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
+        mainContent.add(createStatsPanel());
+
+        getContentPane().add(mainContent);
+    }
+
+    private JPanel createStatsPanel() {
+        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2, 1));
+        panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Session Info"));
+
+        statusLabel = new JLabel("Status: Idle");
+
+        statsLabel = new JLabel("Length: 00:00 | Size: 0.00 MB");
+        statsLabel.setFont(new Font("Monospaced", Font.PLAIN, 12));
+
+        statsLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(220, 20));
+
+        panel.add(statusLabel);
+        panel.add(statsLabel);
+        return panel;
+    }
+
+    private void updateStats() {
+        if (!videoRecorder.isRecording() || currentFile == null) return;
+
+        long elapsedSecs = (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000;
+        long minutes = elapsedSecs / 60;
+        long seconds = elapsedSecs % 60;
+
+        double sizeInMb = currentFile.length() / 1048576.0;
+
+        sb.setLength(0);
+        sb.append("Length: ")
+                .append(minutes < 10 ? "0" : "").append(minutes).append(":")
+                .append(seconds < 10 ? "0" : "").append(seconds)
+                .append(" | Size: ")
+                .append(Math.round(sizeInMb * 100.0) / 100.0)
+                .append(" MB");
+
+        statsLabel.setText(sb.toString());
+    }
+
+    private void toggleRecording() {
+        if (!videoRecorder.isRecording()) {
+            startRec();
+        } else {
+            stopRec();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void startRec() {
+        try {
+            currentFile = new File(outputDirectory, "vid_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".mp4");
+            videoRecorder.startRecording(cameraPanel, currentFile);
+
+            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            statsTimer.start(); // Only run timer when needed
+
+            recordBtn.setText("Stop Recording");
+            statusLabel.setText("Currently Recording");
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            ShowError.error(null,"Error starting Recording" + ex.getMessage(), "Error");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void stopRec() {
+        try {
+            videoRecorder.stopRecording();
+            statsTimer.stop();
+
+            recordBtn.setText("Started Recording");
+            recordBtn.setForeground(null);
+            statusLabel.setText("Finished recording");
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            ShowError.error(null,"RecordStop Error"+ex.getMessage(), "Error");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private JPanel createStoragePanel() {
+        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(5, 5));
+        panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Storage"));
+        JTextField pathField = new JTextField(outputDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+        pathField.setEditable(false);
+        JButton browseBtn = new JButton("...");
+        browseBtn.addActionListener(e -> {
+            JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(outputDirectory);
+            chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
+            if (chooser.showOpenDialog(this) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
+                outputDirectory = chooser.getSelectedFile();
+                pathField.setText(outputDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        });
+        panel.add(pathField, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+        panel.add(browseBtn, BorderLayout.EAST);
+        return panel;
+    }
+
+    private JPanel createActionPanel() {
+        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 2, 5, 5));
+        recordBtn = new JButton("Start Recording");
+        recordBtn.addActionListener(e -> toggleRecording());
+        JButton snapBtn = new JButton("Snapshot");
+        snapBtn.addActionListener(e -> takeSnapshot());
+        panel.add(recordBtn);
+        panel.add(snapBtn);
+        return panel;
+    }
+
+    private void takeSnapshot() {
+        BufferedImage img = cameraPanel.getCurrentProcessedImage();
+        if (img != null) {
+            try {
+                File file = new File(outputDirectory, "snap_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".png");
+                ImageIO.write(img, "PNG", file);
+                statusLabel.setText("Saved a Snapshot");
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                ShowError.error(null,"Snapshot failed"+ex.getMessage(),"Snapshot Error");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/swtc/proccessing/ui/iframe/RecordingPane.java

@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-package io.swtc.proccessing.ui.iframe;
-
-import io.swtc.proccessing.CameraPanel;
-import io.swtc.recording.VideoRecorder;
-
-import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
-import javax.swing.*;
-import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class RecordingPane extends JPanel {
-    private final VideoRecorder videoRecorder;
-    private final CameraPanel cameraPanel;
-
-    private JTextField pathField;
-    private JButton recordBtn;
-    private JLabel statusLabel;
-    private File outputDirectory;
-
-    public RecordingPane(CameraPanel cameraPanel, VideoRecorder videoRecorder) {
-        this.cameraPanel = cameraPanel;
-        this.videoRecorder = videoRecorder;
-        this.outputDirectory = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"));
-
-        setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
-
-        JPanel contentPanel = new JPanel();
-        contentPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(contentPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
-        contentPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 250));
-
-        // Add the functional sections
-        contentPanel.add(createStoragePanel());
-        contentPanel.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(15));
-        contentPanel.add(createActionPanel());
-        contentPanel.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(15));
-        contentPanel.add(createStatusPanel());
-
-        add(contentPanel);
-    }
-
-    private JPanel createStoragePanel() {
-        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(5, 5));
-        panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(
-            BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "Storage Settings", TitledBorder.LEFT, TitledBorder.TOP));
-
-        pathField = new JTextField(outputDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
-        pathField.setEditable(false);
-
-        JButton browseBtn = new JButton("Browse...");
-        browseBtn.addActionListener(e -> {
-            JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(outputDirectory);
-            chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
-            if (chooser.showOpenDialog(this) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
-                outputDirectory = chooser.getSelectedFile();
-                pathField.setText(outputDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
-            }
-        });
-
-        panel.add(pathField, BorderLayout.CENTER);
-        panel.add(browseBtn, BorderLayout.EAST);
-        return panel;
-    }
-
-    private JPanel createActionPanel() {
-        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 2, 10, 10));
-
-        recordBtn = new JButton("start recording");
-        recordBtn.addActionListener(e -> toggleRecording());
-
-        JButton snapBtn = new JButton("take snapshot");
-        snapBtn.addActionListener(e -> takeSnapshot());
-
-        panel.add(recordBtn);
-        panel.add(snapBtn);
-        return panel;
-    }
-
-    private JPanel createStatusPanel() {
-        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
-        statusLabel = new JLabel("");
-        statusLabel.setForeground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
-        panel.add(statusLabel);
-        return panel;
-    }
-
-    private void toggleRecording() {
-        if (!videoRecorder.isRecording()) {
-            try {
-                File file = new File(outputDirectory, "vid_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".mp4");
-                videoRecorder.startRecording(cameraPanel, file);
-                recordBtn.setText("stop recording");
-                statusLabel.setText("recording");
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                showError("Start Error", ex);
-            }
-        } else {
-            try {
-                File saved = videoRecorder.stopRecording();
-                recordBtn.setText("Start Recording");
-                statusLabel.setText("Status: Saved " + saved.getName());
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                showError("Stop Error", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void takeSnapshot() {
-        BufferedImage img = cameraPanel.getCurrentProcessedImage();
-        if (img != null) {
-            try {
-                File file = new File(outputDirectory, "snap_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".png");
-                ImageIO.write(img, "PNG", file);
-                statusLabel.setText("captured");
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                showError("Snapshot Error", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void showError(String title, Exception ex) {
-        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, ex.getMessage(), title, JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
-    }
-}

src/main/java/io/swtc/recording/RecordingManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package io.swtc.recording;
+
+import io.swtc.proccessing.CameraPanel;
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class RecordingManager {
+    private final VideoRecorder recorder;
+    private final CameraPanel cameraPanel;
+
+    // Reuse a single buffer to avoid constant memory allocation (GC pressure)
+    private BufferedImage reuseBuffer;
+
+    public RecordingManager(CameraPanel cameraPanel) {
+        this.cameraPanel = cameraPanel;
+        this.recorder = new VideoRecorder();
+    }
+
+    public BufferedImage fastConvertToRGB(BufferedImage source) {
+        if (source.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB) {
+            return source;
+        }
+
+        // Initialize or resize reuseBuffer only when necessary
+        if (reuseBuffer == null ||
+                reuseBuffer.getWidth() != source.getWidth() ||
+                reuseBuffer.getHeight() != source.getHeight()) {
+            reuseBuffer = new BufferedImage(source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        }
+
+        // Graphics2D.drawImage is much faster than manual setRGB loops
+        Graphics2D g = reuseBuffer.createGraphics();
+        g.drawImage(source, 0, 0, null);
+        g.dispose();
+
+        return reuseBuffer;
+    }
+
+    public void toggleRecording(File outputFile, Runnable onStart, Consumer<File> onStop, Consumer<Exception> onError) {
+        if (!recorder.isRecording()) {
+            new SwingWorker<Void, Void>() {
+                @Override
+                protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
+                    recorder.startRecording(cameraPanel, outputFile);
+                    return null;
+                }
+                @Override
+                protected void done() {
+                    try { get(); if (onStart != null) onStart.run(); }
+                    catch (Exception e) { if (onError != null) onError.accept(e); }
+                }
+            }.execute();
+        } else {
+            new SwingWorker<File, Void>() {
+                @Override
+                protected File doInBackground() throws Exception {
+                    return recorder.stopRecording();
+                }
+                @Override
+                protected void done() {
+                    try { File f = get(); if (onStop != null) onStop.accept(f); }
+                    catch (Exception e) { if (onError != null) onError.accept(e); }
+                }
+            }.execute();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/io/swtc/recording/VideoRecorder.java

@@ -6,109 +6,82 @@ import org.jcodec.common.io.NIOUtils;
 import org.jcodec.common.io.SeekableByteChannel;
 import org.jcodec.common.model.Rational;
 
-import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-
-/*
-*
-* This is not that interesting but surely improtant for any security based people,
-* here we record using jcodec, which is more efficient than me writing my own recorder,
-* which i am certainly not doing.
-*
-* Anyways we dont do shit properly anyway.
-*
-* */
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
 
 public class VideoRecorder {
-    private boolean recording = false;
-    private Timer captureTimer;
+    private volatile boolean recording = false;
     private File outputFile;
     private AWTSequenceEncoder encoder;
     private SeekableByteChannel channel;
     private static final int FPS = 30;
 
+    private LinkedBlockingQueue<BufferedImage> frameQueue;
+    private ExecutorService workerThread;
+
     public void startRecording(CameraPanel panel, File output) throws IOException {
         this.outputFile = output;
+        this.channel = NIOUtils.writableFileChannel(output.getAbsolutePath());
+        this.encoder = new AWTSequenceEncoder(channel, Rational.R(FPS, 1));
+
+        this.frameQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(60);
         this.recording = true;
 
-        channel = NIOUtils.writableFileChannel(String.valueOf(outputFile));
-        encoder = new AWTSequenceEncoder(channel, Rational.R(FPS, 1));
+        workerThread = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+        workerThread.submit(this::processQueue);
 
-        captureTimer = new Timer(1000 / FPS, e -> {
-            try {
-                BufferedImage img = panel.getCurrentProcessedImage();
-                if (img != null) {
-                    BufferedImage rgbImage = convertToRGB(img);
-                    encoder.encodeImage(rgbImage);
-                }
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
-                        null,
-                        "IOException\n" + ex,
-                        "IOException in Recorder",
-                        JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE
-                );
+        new Thread(() -> {
+            while (recording) {
                 try {
-                    stopRecording();
-                } catch (IOException stopEx) {
-                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
-                            null,
-                            "IOException@stopEx\n" + stopEx,
-                            "IOException in Recorder@stopEx",
-                            JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE
-                    );
-
+                    BufferedImage img = panel.getCurrentProcessedImage();
+                    if (img != null) {
+                        BufferedImage copy = snapshotToRGB(img);
+                        frameQueue.offer(copy);
+                    }
+                    Thread.sleep(1000 / FPS);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                 }
             }
-        });
-        captureTimer.start();
+        }).start();
+    }
+
+    private void processQueue() {
+        while (recording || !frameQueue.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                BufferedImage img = frameQueue.poll(500, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+                if (img != null) {
+                    encoder.encodeImage(img);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private BufferedImage snapshotToRGB(BufferedImage source) {
+        BufferedImage rgb = new BufferedImage(source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        Graphics2D g = rgb.createGraphics();
+        g.drawImage(source, 0, 0, null);
+        g.dispose();
+        return rgb;
     }
 
     public File stopRecording() throws IOException {
         recording = false;
-
-        /* some helper methods, i swear its always the same? */
-        if (captureTimer != null) {
-            captureTimer.stop();
+        workerThread.shutdown();
+        try {
+            workerThread.awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            if (encoder != null) encoder.finish();
+            if (channel != null) channel.close();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
         }
-
-        if (encoder != null) {
-            encoder.finish();
-        }
-
-        if (channel != null) {
-            channel.close();
-        }
-
         return outputFile;
     }
 
-    public boolean isRecording() {
-        return recording;
-    }
-
-    // maybe i should move this to a component, some useless conversion right here,
-    // (performance wise)
-    // yes, capitain?
-    private BufferedImage convertToRGB(BufferedImage source) {
-        if (source.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB) {
-            return source;
-        }
-
-        BufferedImage rgb = new BufferedImage(
-                source.getWidth(),
-                source.getHeight(),
-                BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB
-        );
-
-        for (int y = 0; y < source.getHeight(); y++) {
-            for (int x = 0; x < source.getWidth(); x++) {
-                rgb.setRGB(x, y, source.getRGB(x, y) & 0xFFFFFF);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return rgb;
-    }
+    public boolean isRecording() { return recording; }
 }