Bug 499795

Summary: Place Screencast folder in XDG videos folder
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: Justin Zobel <justin>
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Justin Zobel 2025-02-11 02:33:28 UTC
SUMMARY
The interface offers the user a way to easily open the recording and open the containing folder, so having it one level deeper in ~/Videos would keep user home folders tidy and not impede discoverability of the location.
Comment 1 Noah Davis 2025-02-11 03:56:25 UTC
~/Videos/Screencasts/ is the default folder. Are you sure you're using default settings?
Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2025-02-11 04:09:28 UTC
My spectaclerc shows:

[VideoSave]
translatedScreencastsFolder=Screencasts

This puts them in ~/Screencasts.

Is this maybe leftover from an old config. I doubt I would've ever chosen to put them in ~/Screencasts.
Comment 3 Noah Davis 2025-02-11 04:44:13 UTC
Nope, the old default was ~/Videos. I'm not sure how this could have happened.
Comment 4 Noah Davis 2025-02-11 04:46:51 UTC
translatedScreencastsFolder is a setting that keeps the original subfolder name, but doesn't directly set the save folder. It exists so that if you normally use one language, switch to another and take a screenshot/recording, you won't end up with two folders with different translations of "Screenshots" or "Screencasts".
Comment 5 Justin Zobel 2025-02-11 04:49:44 UTC
I don't know how, but my Videos folder got unset. I must have deleted it or something. Sorry for the noise.