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Is there a way to capture and record a remote session using only 256 colors
instead of the full-color option presented by vnc2swf?

Thanks.

Scott



I asked this question before, but didn't got an answer yet.
Will it be possible in the future to scale the recorded movie to any size?
Currently the result looks ugly if it scaled to a number like 0.7.

Thanks

Kind Regards,
Andy

When trying to convert the swf capture into mpeg, i found this error:

"TypeError: argument 1 must be string or read-only buffer, not
pymedia.video.vcodec.VFrame"

here's the unified diff output that solves the problem:
guifre@siddhartha:~/Desktop/pyvnc2swf-0.8.2$ diff -u output.py output.py.or=
ig

--- output.py   2006-06-15 11:23:51.000000000 +0200
+++ output.py.orig      2006-06-15 11:23:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
                                (strFrame, None, None))
       yuvFrame =3D bmpFrame.convert(vcodec.formats.PIX_FMT_YUV420P)
       encFrame =3D self.encoder.encode(yuvFrame)
-      self.out_file.write(encFrame.data)
+      self.out_file.write(encFrame)
       MovieOutputStream.next_frame(self)
       return

I checked out the source from CVS and saw the same problem.

Guifr=E9.



             Hi,

After recording the movie, I would like to be able to play different 
parts of the movie at different speeds :

pyvnc2swf-edit -V -o 13-total.swf 13-1.swf 13-2.swf 13-3.swf 13-4.swf
Using pygame 1.7.1release
Scanning source swf file: 13-1.swf...
Input movie: version=7, size=1024x800, framerate=2fps, frames=621, 
duration=310.5s.
Output movie size: 1024x800
Scanning source swf file: 13-2.swf...
Input movie: version=7, size=1024x800, framerate=6fps, frames=260, 
duration=43.3s.
Warning: movie framerate is overridden.
Scanning source swf file: 13-3.swf...
Input movie: version=7, size=1024x800, framerate=20fps, frames=890, 
duration=44.5s.
Warning: movie framerate is overridden.
Scanning source swf file: 13-4.swf...
Input movie: version=7, size=1024x800, framerate=6fps, frames=1167, 
duration=194.5s.
Warning: movie framerate is overridden.
Creating movie: '13-total.swf': version=7, size=1024x800, framerate=2.0, 
compression=None
-----------------------------------
the result is framerate=2.0 for all the movie  :-(

is there a way to concatenate .swf movies with different framerates... ?

thanks for your help and thanks to Yusuke for a very nice tool  ;-)

alain



The problem might be that your vncserver may not support cursor pseudo encodings.  Vnc2swf tries to use the cursor pseudo-encoding messages (by default) to receive cursor information separately and not just as a screen update.
Please try to use the -N option to disable this.
Good luck.

Luis Fernando

Yusuf Mohsinally <yu...@gm...> escreveu: Nope, I checked, I'm using pyvnc2swf-0.8.2 but the cursor is still not showing up in the recordings... Maybe someone else has seen this issue as well??








 On 6/11/06, ytrewq1 <yt...@gm...> wrote:  If it were a version prior to 0.8.0, the following bit might have
been relevant:

  With pyvnc2swf version prior to 0.8.0, the mouse cursor was
  not recorded with OSXVnc. This can be solved by upgrading
  to pyvnc2swf  0.8.0 or newer.

On 6/12/06, Yusuf Mohsinally <yu...@gm...> wrote:
> the latest one (python  0.8something). i got it off the site a couple of days
> ago.
 >
>
>
> On 6/11/06, ytrewq1 <yt...@gm...> wrote:
> > What version are you using?  There is some info about a 
> > similar-sounding issue at the following: 
> >
> > http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/pyvnc2swf.html 
> >
> > On 6/12/06, Yusuf Mohsinally < yu...@gm...> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have successfully recorded swf movies, but one thing that does not
> appear
> > > is the cursor. I am using Ubuntu dapper and the built in remote desktop 
> > > option as the vncserver. Does anyone have any ideas why the cursor does
> not
> > > show up?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
>
>

  
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Nope, I checked, I'm using pyvnc2swf-0.8.2 but the cursor is still not
showing up in the recordings... Maybe someone else has seen this issue as
well??








On 6/11/06, ytrewq1 <yt...@gm...> wrote:
>
> If it were a version prior to 0.8.0, the following bit might have
> been relevant:
>
>   With pyvnc2swf version prior to 0.8.0, the mouse cursor was
>   not recorded with OSXVnc. This can be solved by upgrading
>   to pyvnc2swf 0.8.0 or newer.
>
> On 6/12/06, Yusuf Mohsinally <yu...@gm...> wrote:
> > the latest one (python 0.8something). i got it off the site a couple of
> days
> > ago.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/11/06, ytrewq1 <yt...@gm...> wrote:
> > > What version are you using?  There is some info about a
> > > similar-sounding issue at the following:
> > >
> > > http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/pyvnc2swf.html<http://www.unixuser.org/%7Eeuske/vnc2swf/pyvnc2swf.html>
> > >
> > > On 6/12/06, Yusuf Mohsinally < yu...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have successfully recorded swf movies, but one thing that does not
> > appear
> > > > is the cursor. I am using Ubuntu dapper and the built in remote
> desktop
> > > > option as the vncserver. Does anyone have any ideas why the cursor
> does
> > not
> > > > show up?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> >
> >
>

What version are you using?  There is some info about a
similar-sounding issue at the following:

http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/pyvnc2swf.html

On 6/12/06, Yusuf Mohsinally <yu...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have successfully recorded swf movies, but one thing that does not appear
> is the cursor. I am using Ubuntu dapper and the built in remote desktop
> option as the vncserver. Does anyone have any ideas why the cursor does not
> show up?
>
> Thanks.



Hi,

I have successfully recorded swf movies, but one thing that does not appear
is the cursor. I am using Ubuntu dapper and the built in remote desktop
option as the vncserver. Does anyone have any ideas why the cursor does not
show up?

Thanks.

David Fraser wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thanks for pyvnc2swf! A great program...
>
> I've written an extension that enables recording sound alongside the
> screen capture. It uses the pymedia library for the recording
> This is similar to using the -S option, but it does it in-process using
> python code.
> I'm having a little trouble getting pymedia to record mp3 directly so at
> the moment it records mp2,  (I've sent a mail to the pymedia list -
> basically the mp3 files produced don't have valid headers, although
> passing them through lame fixes them up which is what I do with the mp2
> anyway)
> Once that is fixed it should make it much simpler to produce a combined file
>
> I've attached a diff to vnc2swf.py and the new file record_sound.py. The
> extra dependencies are on pymedia (I used 1.3.5.0) and the builtin
> threading module
> The recording is started in a separate thread and gets stopped in a
> similar way to the subprocess getting stopped (it uses the same interface)
> I added a new option -a filename.mp2 for the recording
>
> The diffs are to pyvnc2swf 0.8.2
>
> To convert the audio and combine it I run as follows
>
> python vnc2swf.py -n -o recording.swf -a recording.mp2 vnchost
> lame recording.mp2 recording.mp3
> python edit.py -o mixed.swf -a recording.mp3 -S 2.5s recording.swf
>
> (Using either this method or arecord, I always find I have to cut a few
> seconds off the start of the recording. Since it's consistent, it makes
> the process automatic).
>
> I've been reading around the web and it seems having this ability
> incorporated within pyvnc2swf would make it more useful for a lot of
> people - there doesn't seem to be an open source tool out there that
> handles recording audio alongside screen captures nicely, so I hope this
> is suitable for inclusion
>
> Regards
> David
>
> PS Not subscribed so please CC me on replies
>   
Have updated the patch so it snips the zeroes that pymedia mistakenly
puts at the start of mp3 files, so it now records directly to mp3.
Also added a -m option which is a bit hacky and needs fixing up but
automatically runs edit.py to merge the mp3 and the swf, making a fully
automatic process

Regards
David

Hi

Thanks for pyvnc2swf! A great program...

I've written an extension that enables recording sound alongside the
screen capture. It uses the pymedia library for the recording
This is similar to using the -S option, but it does it in-process using
python code.
I'm having a little trouble getting pymedia to record mp3 directly so at
the moment it records mp2,  (I've sent a mail to the pymedia list -
basically the mp3 files produced don't have valid headers, although
passing them through lame fixes them up which is what I do with the mp2
anyway)
Once that is fixed it should make it much simpler to produce a combined file

I've attached a diff to vnc2swf.py and the new file record_sound.py. The
extra dependencies are on pymedia (I used 1.3.5.0) and the builtin
threading module
The recording is started in a separate thread and gets stopped in a
similar way to the subprocess getting stopped (it uses the same interface)
I added a new option -a filename.mp2 for the recording

The diffs are to pyvnc2swf 0.8.2

To convert the audio and combine it I run as follows

python vnc2swf.py -n -o recording.swf -a recording.mp2 vnchost
lame recording.mp2 recording.mp3
python edit.py -o mixed.swf -a recording.mp3 -S 2.5s recording.swf

(Using either this method or arecord, I always find I have to cut a few
seconds off the start of the recording. Since it's consistent, it makes
the process automatic).

I've been reading around the web and it seems having this ability
incorporated within pyvnc2swf would make it more useful for a lot of
people - there doesn't seem to be an open source tool out there that
handles recording audio alongside screen captures nicely, so I hope this
is suitable for inclusion

Regards
David

PS Not subscribed so please CC me on replies

ytrewq1 wrote:
> Do you get any output as a result?

It appears to be stuck in the recv() call in auth(). I'll run it again 
when I get into work tomorrow and grab a stack.

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Do you get any output as a result?

I've found that occasionally sending SIGINT terminates my
capture process and I get certain errors (which I reported recently
and am eagerly awaiting a reply for :-) ).

On 5/30/06, Alan Hargreaves <Ala...@su...> wrote:
> Folks, I'm tryng to get pyvnc2swf.py working on my notebook (current
> Solaris Express) and finding that sending a SIGINT (ctrl-c) to the
> process is actually killing the thing instead of getting it to finish up
> and write out the files.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not a python person.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.



Folks, I'm tryng to get pyvnc2swf.py working on my notebook (current 
Solaris Express) and finding that sending a SIGINT (ctrl-c) to the 
process is actually killing the thing instead of getting it to finish up 
and write out the files.

Unfortunately, I'm not a python person.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

alan.
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I also occasionally get a fpstack assertion error in swf.py comparable
to that mentioned in:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=3D15397734

I'd very much like to see a resolution to this as having to redo
captures is not a very happy situation.

FWIW, my environment is Mac OS X 10.4.6 w/ pyvnc2swf-0.8.2.  I built
my own pygame 1.7.1 as I did not come across any binary package (what
was mentioned among the vnc2swf pages doesn't appear to be available
any more).

P.S. I've put together a couple of Quicksilver actions to more
conveniently start and stop captures.  They are quick hacks, but seem
to work ok for the most part (except when the fpstack assertion error
occurs).



I'm running MacPython 2.4.3 with PyObjC 1.3.8a0 and
pygame 1.7.0 and can't get vnc2swf to work.

latest version of vnc2swf is installed in
/Applications/vnc2swf/

When I run the command line "python vnc2swf.py" I get
the error "Either Pygame or Python Imaging Library is
required."

This is on a MacBook Pro. Any help appreciated...

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"Ugo Sangiorgi" <ug...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> it is possible to get a .vnc file (recorded with vncrec) and encode it into
> a swf?
> i've already encoded a presentation into a mpeg, so i got the .vnc, the
> mpeg and the .jpeg (thousands of them), but i would like to put a swf into
> a website.
> 
> Thanks forward

Yes. Install pyvnc2swf package, then edit.py command allows you 
to convert from .vnc into .swf!

http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/pyvnc2swf.html#edit

Yusuke



Hi everybody,
it is possible to get a .vnc file (recorded with vncrec) and encode it into
a swf?
i've already encoded a presentation into a mpeg, so i got the .vnc, the
.mpeg and the .jpeg (thousands of them), but i would like to put a swf into
a website.

Thanks forward

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Hi all,

  My question is if Do anyone use it with a remote server, I am 
interested to use it recording differents computers. The main idea is 
that a teacher want to know if the students do well some exercises, for 
instance, the students using Maya, and the teache want to know if the 
process of the student is correct. I think that this aplication could be 
a good aplication for the e-Learning.

  Thanks!



Colin Stebbins Gordon <co...@cs...> wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I've started using vnc2swf to generate documentation.  Recording video
> has no issues.  However, if I record a movie, then attach an mp3 file
> with edit.py, using the exact command line example given in the
> documentation, the resulting swf with sound is about 10% faster than the
> original silent swf.  Is this a known issue (I couldn't find anything
> about it in the mailing list archives) or has this not been a problem
> previously?

Hmmm, I've never heard of it. Could you send me the .swf and .mp3 file
in question, if possible? I'll try to replay it.

Yusuke



Hey,

I've started using vnc2swf to generate documentation.  Recording video
has no issues.  However, if I record a movie, then attach an mp3 file
with edit.py, using the exact command line example given in the
documentation, the resulting swf with sound is about 10% faster than the
original silent swf.  Is this a known issue (I couldn't find anything
about it in the mailing list archives) or has this not been a problem
previously?

-Colin Gordon
co...@cs...



Dear Developers,

Today I got Vnc2swf runnig, and I found it a great application. Many
thanks. Until now I sometimes had to rely on Camtasia, but this is 
MSWindows only, and I stay away from MSWindows as far as I can.

Finally demo's in my presentations!!

The only problem I had was the vnc-server: as far as I know, only x11vnc
works with openGL. 

F.



Yusuke,

I investigated the issues. The problem was with ... ATI binary
drivers. Once I changed X driver to opensource - the image turned to
be ok. Probably it is worth putting in FAQ or smth.

Thanks for you wonderful (and really useful) tool. I have a proposal -
is there a chance to support compressed mode used by tightvnc?

Cheers,

Sergey

On 5/1/06, Yusuke Shinyama <yu...@cs...> wrote:
> Hi Sergey,
>
> "Sergey Udaltsov" <ser...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hello people
> >
> > I started making movies with the latest pyvnc2swf and found the
> > resulting movies contain a lot o garbled graphics (the UI is with some
> > areas which are not properly updated). Is there diagnostics, or,
> > better, workaround for this kind of problem? I am running everything
> > locally, no networking
> > If anyone is interested, I could provide examples.
>
> Could you send me the movie and html file off the list? I'm
> curious to investigate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Yusuke
>



Hi Sergey,

"Sergey Udaltsov" <ser...@gm...> wrote:
> Hello people
> 
> I started making movies with the latest pyvnc2swf and found the
> resulting movies contain a lot o garbled graphics (the UI is with some
> areas which are not properly updated). Is there diagnostics, or,
> better, workaround for this kind of problem? I am running everything
> locally, no networking
> If anyone is interested, I could provide examples.

Could you send me the movie and html file off the list? I'm
curious to investigate it.

Thanks,
Yusuke



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Hello people

I started making movies with the latest pyvnc2swf and found the
resulting movies contain a lot o garbled graphics (the UI is with some
areas which are not properly updated). Is there diagnostics, or,
better, workaround for this kind of problem? I am running everything
locally, no networking
If anyone is interested, I could provide examples.

Thanks,

Sergey




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