[i.MX8] How to record screen on weston.

[tan-k]

Hi,

We are testing i.MX8 with below environment.

[Environment]
Evaluation Kit : 8MMINILPD4-EVK (Connect HDMI cable, USB keyboard and USB mouse.)
Linux for i.MX : Linux 5.10.9_1.0.0

We can capture a screenshot with "super" + "s" key.
We also try to record a screencast with "super" + "r" key.
"capture.wcap" file is created.
However file size is not changed.
According to weston.log, total file size is 0M and 0 frames.
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# ls -l /home/weston/capture.wcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16 Jul 19 07:37 /home/weston/capture.wcap
# cat /run/user/0/weston.log
[07:37:33.909] starting recorder for output HDMI-A-1, file capture.wcap
[07:58:19.181] stopping recorder, total file size 0M, 0 frames
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How can I record screen on weston?

[shaioz]

late for the thread but for others, I've run into the exact same problem and for me what worked is to comment this line in the weston config file:
use-g2d=1
then restart weston.

Good luck!

[Rita_Wang]

The screenshot is support in weston, but record screen can not support

You can run the QT, the Qt's grabWindow() to achieve the task.

[tan-k]

Thank you for your reply!
We will try to use Qt's grabWindow() instead of Weston record screen.
Do you have any examples to record screen?

[mgonzalezg9]

Hi, did you find any example of Qt or Python screen capture?

[Rita_Wang]

Sorry I do not have.

[tan-k]

OK, thank you.
By the way, could you please let us know the documents or URL about not supporting record screen function?
Where does it say that?