https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507486
Bug ID: 507486
Summary: Please don't say "Failed to export video: Temporary
file URL must be an existing local file"
Classification: Applications
Product: Spectacle
Version First 6.4.3
Reported In:
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: General
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
The error "Failed to export video: Temporary file URL must be an existing local
file" is rather misleading or at least not helpful. It's probably always just a
consequence of failing to initialize decoder, leaving no file produced.
Displaying cause messages, or displaying all of relevant errors would be more
helpful. At least, saying something like ".... this typically means that the
code failed to initialize, see system logs" would be appreciated.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have some code problems
2. Try to capture vide
3. See error message
In my particular case, the errors are:
Jul 25 18:06:15 druid spectacle[833773]: Failed to export video: Temporary file
URL must be an existing local file
Jul 25 18:06:04 druid spectacle[833773]: kpipewire_record_logging: No encoder
could be created
Jul 25 18:06:04 druid spectacle[833773]: kpipewire_record_logging: Could not
open codec Invalid argument
Then it goes on about libvpx-vp9 codec initialization errors (that are also
unhelpful, but that's beside the point).
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.15.6-100.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
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