recorder.state

- prelim tests pass for potato

tests/higher.Tests.ps1

@@ -876,4 +876,60 @@ Describe -Tag 'higher', -TestName 'All Higher Tests' {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    Describe 'Action Tests' -Tag 'action' {
+        Context 'Recorder' -Skip:$ifBasic {
+            Context 'Recording/Playback' -Skip:$ifCustomDir {
+                BeforeAll {
+                    $prefix = 'temp'
+                    $filetype = 'wav'
+                    $vmr.recorder.prefix($prefix)
+                    $vmr.recorder.filetype($filetype)
+                }
+
+                BeforeEach {
+                    $vmr.recorder.state = 'record'
+                    $stamp = '{0:yyyy-MM-dd} at {0:HH}h{0:mm}m{0:ss}s' -f (Get-Date)
+                    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 2000
+
+                    $tmp = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($recDir, ("{0} {1}.{2}" -f $prefix, $stamp, $filetype))
+
+                    $vmr.recorder.state = 'pause'
+                    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+                }
+
+                AfterEach {
+                    $vmr.recorder.state = 'stop'
+                    $vmr.recorder.eject()
+                    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+                    
+                    if (Test-Path $tmp) {
+                        Remove-Item -Path $tmp -Force
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        throw "Recording file $tmp was not found."
+                    }
+                }
+            
+                It 'Should call Recorder.record()' {
+                    $vmr.recorder.record()
+                    $vmr.recorder.state | Should -Be 'record'
+                }
+
+                It 'Should call Recorder.pause()' {
+                    $vmr.recorder.record()
+                    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+                    $vmr.recorder.pause()
+                    $vmr.recorder.state | Should -Be 'pause'
+                }
+
+                It 'Should call Recorder.play()' {
+                    $vmr.recorder.stop()
+                    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+                    $vmr.recorder.play()
+                    $vmr.recorder.state | Should -Be 'play'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

tests/run.ps1

@@ -1,8 +1,41 @@
 [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments", "", Target = "variablename")]
-Param([String]$tag, [string]$kind = 'potato')
+Param([String]$tag, [string]$kind = 'potato', [string]$recDir = (Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyDocuments')) 'Voicemeeter'))
 Import-Module (Join-Path (Split-Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent) 'lib\Voicemeeter.psm1') -Force
 
 
+function Test-RecDir ([object]$vmr, [string]$recDir) {
+    $prefix = 'temp'
+    $filetype = 'wav'
+    $vmr.recorder.prefix($prefix)
+    $vmr.recorder.filetype($filetype)
+
+    
+    try {
+        $vmr.recorder.record()
+        $stamp = '{0:yyyy-MM-dd} at {0:HH}h{0:mm}m{0:ss}s' -f (Get-Date)
+        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 2000
+
+        $tmp = Join-Path $recDir ("{0} {1}.{2}" -f $prefix, $stamp, $filetype)
+
+        $vmr.recorder.stop()
+        $vmr.recorder.eject()
+        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+    }
+    catch {
+        Write-Warning "Failed to record pre-check clip: $_"
+    }
+
+    if (Test-Path $tmp) {
+        Remove-Item -Path $tmp -Force
+        return $false
+    }
+    else {
+        Write-Warning "Recorder output not found at given path: $tmp"
+        Write-Warning "Skipping Recording/Playback tests. Provide custom path with -recDir"
+        return $true
+    }
+}
+
 function main() {
     try {
         $vmr = Connect-Voicemeeter -Kind $kind
@@ -30,6 +63,10 @@ function main() {
         $ifNotBasic = $vmr.kind.name -ne 'basic'
         $ifNotPotato = $vmr.kind.name -ne 'potato'
 
+        # recording directory: default ~/My Documents/Voicemeeter, override if custom
+        $recDir = [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($recDir)
+        $ifCustomDir = Test-RecDir -vmr $vmr -recDir $recDir # avoid creating files we can't delete
+
         Invoke-Pester -Tag $tag -PassThru | Out-Null
     }
     finally { Disconnect-Voicemeeter }