Bug 340467

Summary:	Video recording does not work
Product:	[Applications] marble	Reporter:	Tobias <tobias.jakobs>
Component:	general	Assignee:	marble-bugs
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	illya.kovalevskyy
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.1 (KDE Applications 16.12)
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Tobias 2014-10-29 15:10:13 UTC

I tried to record an video with Windows 64Bit:
Menu: Edit->Record Movie->entered filename->Button "Start"
Move the map and zoomed a little bit.
Menu: Edit->Stop Recording
-> No new file was created.

Comment 1 Illya Kovalevskyy 2014-12-13 16:32:17 UTC

Hey, Tobias!

Movie recording feature only works if you have ffmpeg/avconv in PATH when you launch marble. Are you sure that at least one of these utilities is installed on your PC?

Comment 2 Tobias 2014-12-13 19:05:25 UTC

Hello Illya,

I'm absolutly shure, that I don't have ffmpeg/avconv installed on my Windows system. But if it is needed you should:
1. Add a warning if it is not installed and someone tries to record a movie.
2. Add ffmpeg/avconv to the Windows installer of marble, as it is not as commen as on a Linux system, that it is installed.

Comment 3 Illya Kovalevskyy 2014-12-13 19:19:13 UTC

Yeah, we need a warning for such thing and a link for avconv website there, I agree with you.

Comment 4 Tobias 2015-07-14 08:38:38 UTC

With Marble 1.11.3 for Windows I now get the warning "Supported codecs are not found". This is much better. But I still think that ffmpeg/avconv should be added to the windows installer.

Comment 5 Tobias 2017-04-27 14:50:16 UTC

Tested with Marble 2.2, no change.

Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2022-11-04 03:10:38 UTC

Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!

Comment 7 Tobias 2022-11-04 07:59:11 UTC

There is no Windows installer for a newer version then 2.2 available. If you would provide a newer version I could test it.

Comment 8 Tobias 2022-11-04 08:21:33 UTC

I created a merge requests for a better error message:
https://invent.kde.org/education/marble/-/merge_requests/87