Debian Bug report logs - #649824
recordmydesktop: Specifying --use-jack makes recordmydesktop exit with a bad screen geometry

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Forrest Cahoon <forrest.cahoon@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: recordmydesktop: Specifying --use-jack makes recordmydesktop exit with a bad screen geometry

Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:57:00 -0600

Package: recordmydesktop
Version: 0.3.8.1+svn602-1+b1
Severity: normal

When I have jackd running and I attempt to use recordmydesktop using the --use-
jack switch, I get this:

forrest@supercool:~$ recordmydesktop --channels 2 --use-jack system:capture_1
system:capture_2
Window size specification out of bounds!(current resolution:1280x800)
forrest@supercool:~$

and it exist immediately.

If I attempt the same without jack running, I receive a more informative error
message:

forrest@supercool:~$ recordmydesktop --channels 2 --use-jack system:capture_1
system:capture_2
Initial recording window is set to:
X:-31456   Y:0    Width:32736    Height:800
Adjusted recording window is set to:
X:-31456   Y:0    Width:32736    Height:800
Your window manager appears to be Xfwm4

Initializing...
Could not create new client!
Make sure that Jack server is running!
forrest@supercool:~$

Again, it exists immediately.

Note that the numbers are not always the same; another run gave me this:

forrest@supercool:~$ recordmydesktop --channels 2 --use-jack system:capture_1
system:capture_2
Initial recording window is set to:
X:-6880   Y:0    Width:8160    Height:800
Adjusted recording window is set to:
X:-6880   Y:0    Width:8160    Height:800
Your window manager appears to be Xfwm4

Initializing...
Could not create new client!
Make sure that Jack server is running!
forrest@supercool:~$

My screen is 1280x800 and I would expect the values X:0 Y:0 Width:1280 Height:
800.

Specifying the correct geometry on the command line doesn't help: It gives the
same, less-informative error as when jack is running:

forrest@supercool:~$ recordmydesktop -x 0 -y 0 --width 1280 --height 800
--channels 2 --use-jack system:capture_1 system:capture_2
Window size specification out of bounds!(current resolution:1280x800)
forrest@supercool:~$

If I don't specify --use-jack, recordmydesktop works fine, and will record
sound from alsa.




-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages recordmydesktop depends on:
ii  libasound2                1.0.24.1-4         
ii  libc6                     2.13-21            
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.7-2          
ii  libjack0 [libjack-0.116]  1:0.121.0+svn4538-3
ii  libogg0                   1.2.2~dfsg-1       
ii  libpopt0                  1.16-1             
ii  libsm6                    2:1.2.0-2          
ii  libtheora0                1.1.1+dfsg.1-3     
ii  libvorbis0a               1.3.2-1            
ii  libvorbisenc2             1.3.2-1            
ii  libvorbisfile3            1.3.2-1            
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.4.4-4          
ii  libxdamage1               1:1.1.3-2          
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.0-3          
ii  libxfixes3                1:5.0-4            
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3   

recordmydesktop recommends no packages.

recordmydesktop suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 649824@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <649824@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: recordmydesktop: Specifying --use-jack makes recordmydesktop exit with a bad screen geometry

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:05:05 +0100

Package: recordmydesktop
Version: 0.3.8.1+svn602-1+b1
Followup-For: Bug #649824

I also have this problem with this version. It seems the X and Width  always get
junk parameters when running with this option. In some cases recordmydesktop 
even starts if by chance they are smaller than the screen resolution
(1280x800 here).

Example output of two consecutive invocations which fail:

~$ recordmydesktop --use-jack system:capture_1
Window size specification out of bounds!(current resolution:1280x800)

~$ recordmydesktop --use-jack system:capture_1
Initial recording window is set to:
X:-7520   Y:0    Width:8800    Height:800
Adjusted recording window is set to:
X:-7520   Y:0    Width:8800    Height:800
Your window manager appears to be Xfwm4

Initializing...
jack_client_new: deprecated
Capturing!
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
~$


Lorenzo.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages recordmydesktop depends on:
ii  libasound2                        1.0.24.1-4
ii  libc6                             2.13-24
ii  libice6                           2:1.0.7-2
ii  libjack-jackd2-0 [libjack-0.116]  1.9.7~dfsg-1
ii  libogg0                           1.2.2~dfsg-1
ii  libpopt0                          1.16-3
ii  libsm6                            2:1.2.0-2
ii  libtheora0                        1.1.1+dfsg.1-3
ii  libvorbis0a                       1.3.2-1.1
ii  libvorbisenc2                     1.3.2-1.1
ii  libvorbisfile3                    1.3.2-1.1
ii  libx11-6                          2:1.4.4-4
ii  libxdamage1                       1:1.1.3-2
ii  libxext6                          2:1.3.0-3
ii  libxfixes3                        1:5.0-4
ii  zlib1g                            1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

recordmydesktop recommends no packages.

recordmydesktop suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #15 received at 649824@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Dmitri <thedrunkyardkeeper@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <649824@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: recordmydesktop: Specifying --use-jack makes recordmydesktop exit with a bad screen geometry

Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:34:22 +0300

Package: recordmydesktop
Version: 0.3.8.1+svn602-1+b1
Followup-For: Bug #649824

Dear Maintainer,
This problem still exitsts, and there is no issue for some programs, that are
using only jack, such as Din (http://www.dinisnoise.org/) and some other. I bet
ffmpeg can be solution, but recordmydesctop has a good GUI interface for
humanitarians (musicians etc...)

noroot@GNUmd:~$ recordmydesktop --use-jack din:L din:R
Window size specification out of bounds!(current resolution:1920x1080)

noroot@GNUmd:~$ cat ~/gtk-recordMyDesktop-crash.log
#This is the command given at initialization:
recordmydesktop -o /home/noroot/Desktopfolder/move --fps 15 --full-shots -x 46
-y 55 --width 1271 --height 698 --channels 1 --freq 22050 --v_quality 63
--s_quality 10 --workdir /tmp --compress-cache --use-jack din:L din:R

#recordMyDesktop stderror output:
Window size specification out of bounds!(current resolution:1920x1080)

Best regards, Dmitrii



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (200, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages recordmydesktop depends on:
ii  libasound2                        1.0.25-4
ii  libc6                             2.13-35
ii  libice6                           2:1.0.8-2
ii  libjack-jackd2-0 [libjack-0.116]  1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-3
ii  libogg0                           1.3.0-4
ii  libpopt0                          1.16-7
ii  libsm6                            2:1.2.1-2
ii  libtheora0                        1.1.1+dfsg.1-3.1
ii  libvorbis0a                       1.3.2-1.3
ii  libvorbisenc2                     1.3.2-1.3
ii  libvorbisfile3                    1.3.2-1.3
ii  libx11-6                          2:1.5.0-1
ii  libxdamage1                       1:1.1.3-2
ii  libxext6                          2:1.3.1-2
ii  libxfixes3                        1:5.0-4
ii  zlib1g                            1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

recordmydesktop recommends no packages.

recordmydesktop suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #20 received at 649824@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: vividsnow <vividsnow@gmail.com>

To: 649824@bugs.debian.org

Subject: reordering args may help

Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 15:24:43 +0400

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for example:
recordmydesktop --width=1280 --height=720 --channels=2
--use-jack=system:monitor_1 system:monitor_2 --no-cursor --no-wm-check
--pause-shortcut=Mod4+p --stop-shortcut=Mod4+0 -x=0 -y=0 --overwrite

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Message #25 received at 649824@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <649824@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: recordmydesktop: Specifying --use-jack makes recordmydesktop exit with a bad screen geometry

Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2016 02:14:19 +0200

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Package: recordmydesktop
Version: 0.3.8.1+svn602-1+b1
Followup-For: Bug #649824

Dear Maintainer,

The issue is still present and caused by an upstream bug/typo.
--use-jack sets the parameter also used by the --x option.
 (src/rmd_parseargs.c:194)

A workaround is to order the options: --use-jack .. -x 0


Related issue with --use-jack is that poptGetOptArg() does not iterate
correctly over space separate arguments. So at most a single
jack port can be used, and jack-ports with spaces are not possible.
A

Attached patch resolves both issues, by allowing incremental
--use-jack options.

e.g. to record a stereo file:

  recordmydesktop --width=1920 --height=1072 --fps=25 -o /tmp/test.ogv \
    -x 0 -y 0 --use-jack system:capture_1 --use-jack "jackapp:Right Channel"


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages recordmydesktop depends on:
ii  libasound2                        1.1.2-1
ii  libc6                             2.23-5
ii  libice6                           2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii  libjack-jackd2-0 [libjack-0.116]  1.9.10+20150825git1ed50c92~dfsg-2
ii  libogg0                           1.3.2-1
ii  libpopt0                          1.16-10
ii  libsm6                            2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii  libtheora0                        1.1.1+dfsg.1-14
ii  libvorbis0a                       1.3.5-3
ii  libvorbisenc2                     1.3.5-3
ii  libvorbisfile3                    1.3.5-3
ii  libx11-6                          2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxdamage1                       1:1.1.4-2+b1
ii  libxext6                          2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxfixes3                        1:5.0.2-1
ii  zlib1g                            1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

recordmydesktop recommends no packages.

recordmydesktop suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

[recordmydesktop-jack-fixes.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Message #30 received at 649824@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Martin Nordholts <enselic@gmail.com>

To: 649824@bugs.debian.org

Cc: jredrejo@debian.org, jmm@debian.org

Subject: Fixed in official 0.4.0 upstream release (is the maintainer still around?)

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:25:37 +0200

Hi, I sent this information one month ago to #588260 but did not hear
back from anyone, so I am now sending it again to this bug report.

This bug has been fixed in the official 0.4.0 upstream release found here:
https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop/releases/tag/v0.4.0

It is worth noting that Ubuntu has picked up this release:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/recordmydesktop/0.4.0-0ubuntu1

The release fixes, among other things (see release notes for details),
the following Debian bugs:

#588260 recordmydesktop: There is no --y=N option

#706574 recordmydesktop: truncates recordings

#649824 recordmydesktop: Specifying --use-jack makes recordmydesktop
exit with a bad screen geometry

#859686 recordmydesktop: man page is really ugly

#584269 recordmydesktop: Typo with recordmydesktop

This time I am putting the maintainer on explicit CC, and I will also
CC Moritz Muehlenhoff who did the last action related to this package
according to https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/recordmydesktop

Message #35 received at 649824-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 649824-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#649824: fixed in recordmydesktop 0.4.0-1

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:33:28 +0000

Source: recordmydesktop
Source-Version: 0.4.0-1
Done: José L. Redrejo Rodríguez <jredrejo@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
recordmydesktop, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 649824@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
José L. Redrejo Rodríguez <jredrejo@debian.org> (supplier of updated recordmydesktop package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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