Bug 503108

Summary:	Video Savings setting page in X11 makes it unclear that video recording isn't supported on X11
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Alexander Potashev <aspotashev>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	kde, kdedev, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	X11-only
Version First Reported In:	6.3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Alexander Potashev 2025-04-21 14:00:21 UTC

SUMMARY
Unclear that video recording isn't supported on X11. I was confused when people were telling me Spectacle supports video capture, but I didn't fine any button to record in the UI, whereas the Configure dialog has tab "Video Saving".

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Run Spectacle on X11
2. Try to record video
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT

EXPECTED RESULT
It should be written somewhere in the UI that video feature exists, just not available in X11.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.11-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 15.4 ГиБ of RAM
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® HD Graphics 530
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Looks like some work was done in bug #484038, but I don't see that message about X11 support.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-04-22 15:39:33 UTC

Yeah, we should probably hide the page there.

Comment 2 Alexander Potashev 2025-04-22 22:01:35 UTC

> Yeah, we should probably hide the page there.

Sure this would make the feature set consistent, but it'd still be confusing:
 * On one hand people are telling me they use Spectacle to record screencastss
 * OTOH I can't find the feature in the UI.

Would it be better to keep a recording button on screen / in toolbar, but grey it out and have a tooltip "Recording is only supported on Wayland"?