Bug 164788

Summary:	should be able to make screencast
Product:	[Unmaintained] ksnapshot	Reporter:	lejocelyn
Component:	general	Assignee:	Richard Moore <rich>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	christophe, finex, mail
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description lejocelyn 2008-06-23 22:36:06 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.4)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs
OS:                Linux

Screencast are more and more used and a lot of free software (recordmydesktop qt/gtk, Istanbul,Xvidcap, ... ) do the job well, but, I think it would be great to have this kind of tool in the Desktop environment for a better integration.

When the user hits the key "print screen", he should be able to chose between screenshot or screencast. I think the user should still bhe able to select the "Capture mode" for the video, so, for the user, "just" a button under "New Snapshot" could make it.

Comment 1 Christophe Marin 2008-06-23 23:33:52 UTC

There is a desktop effect for that : "video record" is what you need ? (activate the desktop effects then "all plugins" tab and it is in the misc section).

If it doesn't exist, please consider updating your KDE version.

Comment 2 FiNeX 2008-06-24 10:17:44 UTC

@krop: and if an user doesn't use desktop effects?

Comment 3 Christophe Marin 2008-06-24 10:32:06 UTC

You can disable all the candy effects and just keep this one. Where would be the problem ?

Comment 4 lejocelyn 2008-06-24 10:43:23 UTC

2008/6/24 Christophe Giboudeaux <kropx77@gmail.com>:
[bugs.kde.org quoted mail]

I think it's more a usability problem, the option should be integrated
in the software that handle the "print screen" key.
Why putting the fonction in Desktop effect ? who will look for it there ? O_o

Comment 5 Christophe Marin 2008-06-24 10:54:44 UTC

What is the usability benefit to add a video recorder implementation to an application called Ksnapshot ? (which, in my mind, is supposed to take snapshots, not videos).

Comment 6 lejocelyn 2008-06-24 11:00:34 UTC

2008/6/24 Christophe Giboudeaux <kropx77@gmail.com>:
[bugs.kde.org quoted mail]

Well, who care about the utility name ? the idea is that someone who
wants to record
info on its screen should be able to chose between screenshot or screencast.

Comment 7 Richard Moore 2008-07-14 00:30:55 UTC

This isn't really ksnapshot's job, so I'm going to close this. I do take the point however that the screencast functionality in kwin isn't obvious enough. Maybe the best solution would be to file a bug there asking for an easier way to access that?

Comment 8 Christophe Marin 2009-08-20 23:37:44 UTC

*** Bug 204590 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***