[feature requested] make screenshot in video or animated picture for debugging/presentation use

asked 2015-09-29 16:32:04 +0200

cemoi71 gravatar image

updated 2015-10-09 10:51:53 +0200

Hello TJC,

sometimes when i have an odd situation on sfos, i have the need to display a sequence of action and not just a screenshot picture.
For debugging use that would be fantastic to be able to give the steps of reproducibility on a video.
As it would be great too for presentation use, to be able to make a video showing specific functions.

It seems that currently there no such a tool on sfos which could make a screenshot video.

Has someone already seen such a tool?
Could someone maybe develop it?
I have no idea on how complicated to develop but i represent me, that if someone can make screenshot, then the same with video could be done.

Update:

  • Maybe as alternative it could be done as a animated picture, like animated gif.
  • if the video-screenshot-app could provide the possibility to open the mail app and put a video in a mail, and we just have to add a text inside and send it. would be great as "nice to have ".

Would surely interest a lot's of people

Have nice sails

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I think this needs some functionality in the wayland compositor that means lipstick to record screencasts.

leszek ( 2015-09-29 17:16:36 +0200 )edit

@leszek, thats not absolutely required. ffmpeg can record video straight from the framebuffer, although by the looks of things compiling ffmpeg for sailfishos would be no easy task, as it depends on X11.

r0kk3rz ( 2015-09-29 18:36:59 +0200 )edit

@r0kk3rz I doubt it would be fast enough to get more than a slideshow. And btw. avconv is already in the repos. Its just that it is compiled with only decoders and no encoders (there is one but muxers are missing)

leszek ( 2015-09-29 18:39:51 +0200 )edit

@r0kk3rz@leszek i find the the word that you told "slideshow" interesting. a video of this kind for this usage is a kind of slideshow.
that bring me the idea to the direction like animated gif
Maybe there is some alternative format similar of it...
what do you think about it? i think maybe to suggest it in main thread with an update

cemoi71 ( 2015-09-30 11:13:51 +0200 )edit

Maybe interested developers can find something useful from SimpleScreenRecorder repository.

eson ( 2015-10-01 14:49:39 +0200 )edit