Bug 506162

Summary: Recording of active window is stretched when window is resized
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: Tobias Zwick <newton>
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: minor CC: kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Shows that the content is stretched, rather than the window size changed (in the recording)
For comparison: How it looks usually (recorded with recording "rectangular region")

Description Tobias Zwick 2025-06-25 12:40:03 UTC
Created attachment 182648 [details]
Shows that the content is stretched, rather than the window size changed (in the recording)

SUMMARY
When selecting to record a window, and that window is resized during recording, the content of the window is being stretched.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select to record a window
2. change it's size while recording

OBSERVED RESULT
Content of window is stretched

EXPECTED RESULT
Content of window is not stretched - i.e. the final video has the display dimensions of when the window was at its largest

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Fedora Linux 42, KDE Plasma 6.4.0, KDE Frameworks Version 6.15.0, Qt Version 6.9.1
Comment 1 Tobias Zwick 2025-06-25 12:40:43 UTC
Created attachment 182649 [details]
For comparison: How it looks usually (recorded with recording "rectangular region")
Comment 2 Tobias Zwick 2025-06-25 12:42:21 UTC
Related: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=473369 (Resizing window led to an error during recording)