#56 --rescue command fails for versions newer than 0.3.7.3

[DodgeV83]

--rescue command fails for versions newer than 0.3.7.3

Problem:

Any attempt to use the --rescue command gives a segmentation fault.

Observations:

Version 0.3.7.3 is best at rescuing videos from 0.3.7.3, meaning the resulting video has less problems (navigation, proper display of length of video...etc) then when rescuing a 0.3.8 version.

Workaround:

Use recordmydesktop version 0.3.7.3 to perform the -rescue command.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start recording a video

2. Stop the recording

3. Quickly copy the files from the /tmp folder before recordmydesktop removes them

4. Run the "recordmydesktop --rescue (path to files)" command.

You will receive a Segmentation fault error.

Note: Version 0.3.7.3 uses the "-rescue" command instead of the "--rescue" command from version 0.3.8.

[Anonymous]

I just want to share a workaround for this bug.

I always got "segmentation fault" when using -rescue option (Ubuntu with recordmydesktop version 0.3.8.1+svn602-1ubuntu3). However I successfully rescued all of my crashed videos using version 0.3.7.3. So for anyone who wants to rescue crashed videos, try compiling version 0.3.7.3. You can replace the 0.3.8.1 binary but I think it's better to just rename it then copy the 0.3.7.3 binary to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.

Hope that helps.

[Martin Nordholts]

This should be fixed by https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop/pull/3

If not, please file a new issue against the above migrated GitHub project!