Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

TFB · 2011-01-17 09:43:59

Hi folks,

I run two 1680x1050 monitors in twinview and I've been trying to use recordmydesktop. As you might know, it saves the file as a large .ogv file. Just one problem, I cannot use this file in any player other than VLC (and Firefox)

These are the players I have tried:
smplayer
mplayer
gnome player

I have also tried converting the file to the mp4 container with:
VLC
ffmpeg
mencoder

I have also tried to edit the file in kdenlive which uses melt I believe. Each time, it shows what appears to be a proportionally correct box that is solid gray, even after converting it.

I also tried recording my desktop with ffmpeg and it works pretty well with the .mp4 container but with the .ogv container, I get the same results as with recordmydesktop. I have also tried gtk-recordmydesktop with the same results which I would expect.

I'm stuck. Does anyone have a suggestion, or better yet, a solution?

kokoko3k · 2011-01-17 15:04:55

I've no solution to this, but i can confirm that this bug happens on very wide ogv files.
Maybe you should fill a bug report to mplayer, or better, to ffmpeg developers.

TFB · 2011-01-17 16:11:12

I was thinking about doing a bug report but I don't think it is mplayer's or ffmpeg's fault. It's something with the ogv container and I don't know who maintains it. The easiest solution would be if someone added mp4 support to recordmydesktop. I would try but I don't have the skills.

kokoko3k · 2011-01-17 17:58:28

Are you sure it is a matter of container and not the codec itself (i think theora)?
I'd try to remux it in an mkv file leaving the codec intact to check.

chumley · 2011-03-24 20:21:29

You can use ffmpeg to convert the .ogv file to a format you can play.

it is a simple command line such as:
ffmpeg -i input.ogv -f mov -ab 128k -s 640x480 -ac 2 output.mov

You can find the info for FFMPEG here:
http://www.ffmpeg.org
and the documentation is here.

Don't be scared off by ffmpeg. It can be used very simply and once you set it up you can use the same command line as above over and over, just changing the file names.
http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html

I hope this helps.

megadriver · 2011-03-25 10:13:46

Apparently, recordMyDesktop uses Ogg Skeleton 3 instead of the current Ogg Skeleton 4.

dmz · 2011-03-25 10:52:01

Instead of using ffmpeg for conversion, use ffmpeg for *recording*.

ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 3360x1050 -r 150 -i :0.0 -sameq /tmp/foo.mpg

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#1 2011-01-17 09:43:59

Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

#2 2011-01-17 15:04:55

Re: Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

#3 2011-01-17 16:11:12

Re: Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

#4 2011-01-17 17:58:28

Re: Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

#5 2011-03-24 20:21:29

Re: Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

#6 2011-03-25 10:13:46

Re: Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

#7 2011-03-25 10:52:01

Re: Recordmydesktop and dual monitors. And .ogv problem

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