Vokoscreen seems to be non-functional in Fedora 30. I don’t see reports of it breaking too much in Ubuntu, so this is probaby a packaging issue.
When I try to record a screen+audio presentation with the libx264 videocodec, I get either a video that contains a short burst of auto at the start and is then silent, or I get a popup message that says " [vokoscreen] /bin/ffmpeg is crashed on … etc". Sometimes I get messages on stout:
[vokoscreen] File VERSION available
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: xid = 88080390
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: desktop_id = (null)
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: Codec nice name: H.264 (High Profile) decoder
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: ignoring field named level
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: ignoring field named profile
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: ignoring field named interlace-mode
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: ignoring field named chroma-format
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-luma
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-chroma
** Message: 13:34:18.716: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer1(decoder-video/x-h264)()(64bit)
** Message: 13:34:18.721: PackageKit: Did not install codec: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: xid = 88080390
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: desktop_id = (null)
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: Codec nice name: H.264 (High Profile) decoder
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: ignoring field named level
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: ignoring field named profile
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: ignoring field named interlace-mode
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: ignoring field named chroma-format
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-luma
** Message: 13:34:34.395: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-chroma
** Message: 13:34:34.396: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer1(decoder-video/x-h264)()(64bit)
** Message: 13:34:34.400: PackageKit: Did not install codec: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
or sometimes
~$ vokoscreen
[vokoscreen] File VERSION available
Warning: QProcess::start: Process is already running ((null):0, (null))
I can record audio using the mpeg4 videocodec, but there is no video.
Since there are no reports of major problems in Ubuntu, I suspect this is a packaging issue. Where can I direct my questions and bug reports?
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