Record your desktop with recordmydesktop ;)

[MyR]

Initial recording window is set to:
X:0 Y:0 Width:1920 Height:1200
Adjusted recording window is set to:
X:0 Y:0 Width:1920 Height:1200
Your window manager appears to be beryl


Detected 3d compositing window manager.
Reverting to full screen capture at every frame.
To disable this check run with --no-wm-check
(though that is not advised, since it will probably produce faulty results).

Initializing...
Recording on device hw:0,0 is set to:
2 channels at 22050Hz
Capturing!
Saved 53 frames in a total of 95 requests
Shutting down.....
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
[96%]
Encoding finished!
Wait a moment please...

Done.
Written 961557 bytes
(871761 of which were video data and 89796 audio data)

Cleanning up cache...
Done!!!
Goodbye!

here is some of what totem spits out after it crashes trying the run the ogg:
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb72b4a8c in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xb744f58e in xine_play () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
#3 0x00000000 in ?? ()

Thread 9 (Thread -1243198560 (LWP 29474)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b4a8c in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb7452dff in _x_metronom_init () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#3 0xb5e6445c in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#4 0xb5e64464 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x0836cac8 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#6 0xb5e6445c in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#7 0x00000013 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#8 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 8 (Thread -1259627616 (LWP 29475)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b7bf6 in __nanosleep_nocancel ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb747b842 in xine_usec_sleep () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
No symbol table info available.

Thread 7 (Thread -1268057184 (LWP 29478)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb707a803 in poll () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb46b519f in ?? ()
from /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.2/xineplug_ao_out_alsa.so
No symbol table info available.
#3 0xb46af3b8 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00000001 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x0000014d in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 6 (Thread -1276720224 (LWP 29479)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb707a803 in poll () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb6f43cb8 in snd_pcm_wait_nocheck () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#3 0xb6f43e99 in snd_pcm_wait () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#4 0xb46b585d in ?? ()
from /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.2/xineplug_ao_out_alsa.so
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x089cd158 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x000f4240 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#7 0x0000006c in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#8 0xb6f06050 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#9 0xb6fb6890 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#10 0xb7f10ff4 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#11 0x087fa7e0 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#12 0x00000003 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#13 0x46270c92 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#14 0x064c03c8 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#15 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 5 (Thread -1289213024 (LWP 29480)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b834b in __waitpid_nocancel ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb7e6a1b6 in gnome_gtk_module_info_get () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 <signal handler called>
No symbol table info available.
#4 0xb702537c in memcpy () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#5 0xb122812c in ?? ()
from /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.2/xineplug_decode_theora.so
No symbol table info available.
#6 0xb5630d80 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#7 0xae6679e0 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#8 0x000003c0 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#9 0x9999999a in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#10 0x3ff99999 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#11 0x32315659 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#12 0x00000003 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#13 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 4 (Thread -1299493984 (LWP 29481)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b4a8c in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb7461228 in _x_ao_channels2mode () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
No symbol table info available.

Thread 3 (Thread -1307886688 (LWP 29482)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b4816 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb746616c in xine_event_wait () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x08963e50 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00000001 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#5 0xb74661f4 in xine_event_wait () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 2 (Thread -1382311008 (LWP 29485)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b7bf6 in __nanosleep_nocancel ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb747b842 in xine_usec_sleep () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#3 0xad9b9434 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 1 (Thread -1226217808 (LWP 29466)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb72b4a8c in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb744f58e in xine_play () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

[PaulFXH]

I was intrigued by the eulogies being poured on this app throughout this thread and decided to try it on my HP Pavilion dv1000 laptop running Edgy with Beryl (Intel 945GM integrated graphics card).

No problem with the install (both command line and GUI versions) and after recording I get an .ogg file which seems the right size.
Then I convert this to an .avi file (5.2MB for 39 seconds) using mencoder. So far, so good.

Then I try to play it in Totem and get 39 seconds of a black screen. Hmmm.....
Same thing in mplayer and in WMP10 (sent the .avi over to my WinXP machine).

Perhaps I'm missing some codecs or something.
Can anybody advise?

Thanks
Paul

[loell]

maybe somehow a wrong DISPLAY is recorded its usually set to default by the application, i have no experience in setting DISPLAY ID. perhaps you can get more reliable answer in http://sourceforge.net/projects/recordmydesktop/

in forums/help section.

[PaulFXH]

@loell
Thanks for the quick reply.
I had a look through the website you mentioned but did not find anything that was at all relevant.
Perhaps I will post to that forum and see if the developer can help me.

Thanks again
Paul

[PaulFXH]

I've just tried to run the .avi file I got after converting the .ogg file recorded by recordMyDesktop using Totem but from a terminal and get the following messages which seem to be of relevance to my problem. Here they are:

** Message: don't know how to handle video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, framerate=(fraction)15/1, width=(int)1280, height=(int)768
** Message: don't know how to handle video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, framerate=(fraction)15/1, width=(int)1280, height=(int)768

The first of these two identical messages was received before the .avi file was run and the second showed up just after it finished. Only a black screen was visible throughout, however.
Could it be that this app has a problem with a widescreen output?

Perhaps it might be useful also to post the terminal output when I run recordMyDesktop from the terminal which is as follows:

Initial recording window is set to:
X:0 Y:0 Width:1280 Height:768
Adjusted recording window is set to:
X:0 Y:0 Width:1280 Height:768
Your window manager appears to be beryl


Detected 3d compositing window manager.
Reverting to full screen capture at every frame.
To disable this check run with --no-wm-check
(though that is not advised, since it will probably produce faulty results).

Initializing...
Buffer size adjusted to 4096 from 4096 frames.
Opened PCM device hw:0,0
Playback frequency 22050Hz is not available...
Using 48000Hz instead.
Recording on device hw:0,0 is set to:
2 channels at 48000Hz
Capturing!
Saved 177 frames in a total of 182 requests
Shutting down.....
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
[100%]
Encoding finished!
Wait a moment please...

Done.
Written 1569661 bytes
(896366 of which were video data and 673295 audio data)

Cleanning up cache...
Done!!!
Goodbye!

Thanks for any suggestions
Paul

[pepotiger]

thnx mate

[loell]

I've just tried to run the .avi file I got after converting the .ogg file recorded by recordMyDesktop using Totem but from a terminal and get the following messages which seem to be of relevance to my problem. Here they are:

The first of these two identical messages was received before the .avi file was run and the second showed up just after it finished. Only a black screen was visible throughout, however.
Could it be that this app has a problem with a widescreen output?

Perhaps it might be useful also to post the terminal output when I run recordMyDesktop from the terminal which is as follows:


Thanks for any suggestions
Paul

i'm just probably hitting in the dark here, in gtk-recordmydesktop can you limit your screen area of recording? say x:500 y:500 and try to play it. perhaps this could be a limitation of players in playing large resolution.

[PaulFXH]

@loell
Thanks for the suggestion however, it didn't seem to improve matters. When I tried to run the resultng .avi file in Totem (from a terminal), I got an almost identical message to the last time except with reference to the smaller screen size. So, there's something else amiss. Codecs?

** Message: don't know how to handle video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, framerate=(fraction)15/1, width=(int)464, height=(int)512
** Message: don't know how to handle video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, framerate=(fraction)15/1, width=(int)464, height=(int)512

[i386DX]

When I disable 'encode on the fly' the sound and video aren't in sync (sound comes after). With 'encode on the fly' enabled its perfectly in sync, but the video 'hangs' sometimes due the massive load on my cpu.

How can I make the sound an video perfectly in sync with disabled 'encode on the fly?'

[PaulFXH]

Well, the problem isn't resolved but there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
I installed a bunch of codecs relevant to Totem from here using this code:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gxine libxine-main1 libxine-extracodecs ogle ogle-gui

Now when I run the already recorded .avi files in Totem, no error message appears. However, the screen still remains largely black except for about 250 milliseconds (estimated )at the start and end of the file when a very nice clear image of my desktop is visible.
So, it does appear to be a codec problem. I'll google around to try to totally resolve this before posting back.