Screen recorder takes input type as "Desktop" even for mac

[PavithraM2502]

Summary

Trying to record the selenium ruby test but it's failing in recorder object creation itself.

• Operating system - macOS.
• Ruby version - 2.7.1
• screen-recorder version - 1.0.0
• Recorder parameters - input, output = recordings.mkv, etc.
• ffmpeg version -7.0.1

I didn't pass any parameters for input in recorder. I guess by default it will identify the input by OS but it's taking it as desktop.

Expected Behavior

when input isn't provided , it will identify the input by OS.

Actual Behavior

options ={ output: 'recording.mkv', } @recorder = ScreenRecorder::Desktop.new(options)

 ArgumentError:
   Unsupported input type: 'desktop'. Expected: 'desktop'

[kapoorlakshya]

Hey @PavithraM2502, you're using an older version of this gem. Try latest (v1.6.0) instead.

[PavithraM2502]

Hey @PavithraM2502, you're using an older version of this gem. Try latest (v1.6.0) instead.

Thanks for replying , Unfortunately I couldn't use latest version of this gem since it requires childprocess >= 1.0, < 5.0 , we're using childprocess (0.9.0) I couldn't update child process , that's the reason for using this version. Please let me know if there is any workaround. Thanks in advance

[kapoorlakshya]

Ah okay. I'm planning to remove the dependency on childprocess gem as part of #105 actually. I'll try to get a release out soon. That should allow you to use whatever childprocess version you want with this gem.

[PavithraM2502]

Ah okay. I'm planning to remove the dependency on childprocess gem as part of #105 actually. I'll try to get a release out soon. That should allow you to use whatever childprocess version you want with this gem.

@kapoorlakshya Thanks for the update. May I know when are you planning to release the next version ? Eagerly waiting to use your latest version

[kapoorlakshya]

@PavithraM2502 Hopefully this weekend. Just need to fix some bugs with removal of childprocess gem.

Actually, if you want, you can test it out and provide feedback:

gem 'screen-recorder', git: 'https://github.com/kapoorlakshya/screen-recorder.git', branch: 'update_deps'

The basic stuff should be working. Screenshots feature has a bug, which I'll fix before release, but feel free to give it a shot.

[PavithraM2502]

@PavithraM2502 Hopefully this weekend. Just need to fix some bugs with removal of childprocess gem.

Actually, if you want, you can test it out and provide feedback:

gem 'screen-recorder', git: 'https://github.com/kapoorlakshya/screen-recorder.git', branch: 'update_deps'

The basic stuff should be working. Screenshots feature has a bug, which I'll fix before release, but feel free to give it a shot.

@PavithraM2502 Hopefully this weekend. Just need to fix some bugs with removal of childprocess gem.

Actually, if you want, you can test it out and provide feedback:

gem 'screen-recorder', git: 'https://github.com/kapoorlakshya/screen-recorder.git', branch: 'update_deps'

The basic stuff should be working. Screenshots feature has a bug, which I'll fix before release, but feel free to give it a shot.

@kapoorlakshya I got stuck with another issue , screen-recorder was resolved to 1.6.0, which depends on os (~> 1.0) but we're using os (~> 0.9.6). Unfortunately I couldn't update the os version.

[kapoorlakshya]

Oh do you have it locked in your Gemfile? You can see the 1.x versions here: https://rubygems.org/gems/os/versions/1.1.4

(FYI I'm planning to remove it as well in the next release.)

[kapoorlakshya]

@PavithraM2502 Give it a try now:

gem 'screen-recorder', git: 'https://github.com/kapoorlakshya/screen-recorder.git', branch: 'update_deps'

This branch removes childprocess and os gems so you can use whatever version you like for these.

[PavithraM2502]

@kapoorlakshya - Am trying this screen recorder gem for the first time. In local, I've ffmpeg installed and so I can able to see the recordings once the test execution completed. How can we use this in remote for recording the test. ? My question is even in remote do we need to install ffmpeg ? then only screen recorder will work properly ?

I got to see this error in jenkins console , @recorder = ScreenRecorder::Desktop.new(options) 20:24:41 ScreenRecorder::Errors::DependencyNotFound: 20:24:41 ffmpeg/ffprobe binary path not set or not found in ENV.

[kapoorlakshya]

Just treat remote same as local - it needs the same dependencies (ffmpeg). What OS is your Jenkins agent?

[kapoorlakshya]

I'll need to see your xvfb command and the screen recorder inputs to debug this.

Did you already try this? https://stackoverflow.com/a/67092653

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@kapoorlakshya https://github.com/kapoorlakshya - I can able to record the screen in remote but the recording is showing only half of the screen. I have changed the height & width too . still the same, any idea on it ?

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[PavithraM2502]

@kapoorlakshya screen recording looks perfect . when are you planning to release this version ?

[kapoorlakshya]

Closed by #107. v1.7.0 has been released.