Here's a bread crumb. I edited /usr/lib/python2.7/dist- packages/recordMyDesktop/rmdTrayIcon.py to dump the full command-line:
$ recordmydesktop -o /home/nhilton/Desktop/rmd1.ogv --fps 30 -x 527 -y 320 --width 877 --height 571 --channels 1 --freq 48000 --v_quality 63 --s_quality 10 --workdir /tmp --overwrite --use-jack system:playback_1 system:capture_1 > Window size specification out of bounds!(current resolution:1920x1080) The windows parameters x, y, width, height all looked okay to me. So next I tried to running without any windows parameters: $ recordmydesktop -o /home/nhilton/Desktop/rmd1.ogv --fps 30 --channels 1 --freq 48000 --v_quality 63 --s_quality 10 --workdir /tmp --overwrite --use-jack system:playback_1 system:capture_1 > Initial recording window is set to: > X:-5872 Y:0 Width:7792 Height:1080 > Adjusted recording window is set to: > X:-5872 Y:4 Width:7792 Height:1072 > Your window manager appears to be GNOME Shell > > > Detected 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... > jack_client_new: deprecated > Cannot connect input port recordMyDesktop-481:input_1 to system:playback_1 The window dimensions look odd, but then we get the underlying JACK error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk-recordmydesktop in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037402 Title: JACK audio source: "Improper window specification" (exit status 2816) Status in gtk-recordmydesktop: New Status in “gtk-recordmydesktop” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: It seems that running rMD (v0.3.8) on Oneiric, using JACK as audio input is broken: *) If JACK is selected as audio input, clicking the "record" button immediately returns with the message: "exited with status: 2816. Description: Improper window specification." *) I've found a HowTo-website describing the exact same behavior: (http://angel-de-vicente.blogspot.co.at/2011_01_01_archive.html) "[...] you can click "Use jack for audio capture", but with this option enabled I always got errors like "... exited with status: 2816. Description: Improper window specification.", so I decided to record the sound (with Ardour) and the video (with recordMyDesktop) separately, and then mix it with Kdenlive." Unfortunately, I want to use rMD to record Ardour itself - so I can't easily use his workaround. *) With rMD set to record the regular "DEFAULT" device (without JACK), the video transcoding (after stopping the recording), shows the progress-bar - staying at 0% infinitely. Until I quit "qjackctl". Then the rMD transcoding window closes itself, and outputs a broken .ogv file. *) When restarting the rMD GTK-GUI with "JACK" enabled as audio source, clicking "record", returns the following error message: "exited with status: 4352. Description: Port registration/connection failure." *) rMD also does not show up as JACK client at all. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk-recordmydesktop/+bug/1037402/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
