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Haha. Maybe related: https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378 https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378

by aravindet 11y ago

JupiterMoon 11y ago
I wonder if anyone has thought of including screencasting in bug reporting for bugs in guis?
- bjz_ 11y ago
  We used to use LICEcap at my old work for that.
  - Rexxar 11y ago
    Wonderful, you just make aware of the software that do exactly what I need today :-)
    - enimodas 11y ago
      There's also https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam which records in a more modern format than gif.
      - xena 11y ago
        On Windows only.
      - Rexxar 11y ago
        Looks potentially better but I experience lots of crash/freeze
- nickysielicki 11y ago
  For anyone wondering how to do this on linux, I use recordmydesktop and ffmpeg to make small webms (~2mb). Highly recommend it. `recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo)` and click the window you want to record. `ffmpeg -i out.ogv -o final.webm` and you're done! recordmydesktop is available in most distros afaik.
  - masklinn 11y ago
    And for anyone wondering how to do this on OSX, QuickTime Player v10 (né QuickTime X) File > New Screen Recording > click big red button > select display section > Start Recording
  - Manishearth 11y ago
    I used kazam to make this (and ffmpeg/convert to make it into a gif). But yeah, recordmydesktop works too. Though it has a small bug where, when recording a single window, the mouse position isn't shown correctly in the final video. (Instead of showing where the mouse was relative to the window, it takes the absolute position of the mouse and scales it down to the window size)
  - FreeFull 11y ago
    How come passing $(xwininfo) works? xwininfo outputs a lot more than just the window ID
    - nickysielicki 11y ago
      I don't know why I said that it would. It doesn't. This works, though: recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo | grep 'Window id' | cut -d' ' -f4) though its worth noting that it theoretically could detect that its being redirected and only output the window id
- snaily 11y ago
  https://lookback.io https://lookback.io lets you do that on mobile. The neatest implementations have it show up if the user shakes the phone.

Haha. Maybe related: https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378 https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/4378

JupiterMoon 11y ago

I wonder if anyone has thought of including screencasting in bug reporting for bugs in guis?

bjz_ 11y ago
We used to use LICEcap at my old work for that.
- Rexxar 11y ago
  Wonderful, you just make aware of the software that do exactly what I need today :-)
  - enimodas 11y ago
    There's also https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam which records in a more modern format than gif.
    - xena 11y ago
      On Windows only.
    - Rexxar 11y ago
      Looks potentially better but I experience lots of crash/freeze
nickysielicki 11y ago
For anyone wondering how to do this on linux, I use recordmydesktop and ffmpeg to make small webms (~2mb). Highly recommend it. `recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo)` and click the window you want to record. `ffmpeg -i out.ogv -o final.webm` and you're done! recordmydesktop is available in most distros afaik.
- masklinn 11y ago
  And for anyone wondering how to do this on OSX, QuickTime Player v10 (né QuickTime X) File > New Screen Recording > click big red button > select display section > Start Recording
- Manishearth 11y ago
  I used kazam to make this (and ffmpeg/convert to make it into a gif). But yeah, recordmydesktop works too. Though it has a small bug where, when recording a single window, the mouse position isn't shown correctly in the final video. (Instead of showing where the mouse was relative to the window, it takes the absolute position of the mouse and scales it down to the window size)
- FreeFull 11y ago
  How come passing $(xwininfo) works? xwininfo outputs a lot more than just the window ID
  - nickysielicki 11y ago
    I don't know why I said that it would. It doesn't. This works, though: recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo | grep 'Window id' | cut -d' ' -f4) though its worth noting that it theoretically could detect that its being redirected and only output the window id
snaily 11y ago
https://lookback.io https://lookback.io lets you do that on mobile. The neatest implementations have it show up if the user shakes the phone.