The Linux Desktop Recording App "record my desktop" can rescue a failed video render. Read more below. Run the listed commands. Check out the info links too, on how to work with "record my desktop" in a Terminal Command Line App...
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Encode cache data from a previous session, into an Ogg/Theora+Vorbis file. The file name will be the one that was chosen initially. Any other option specified with this one will be implicitly ignored and recordMyDesktop will exit after the end of the encoding. This option was added in recordMyDesktop 0.3.7 and it will not work with cache files produced from earlier versions. When using this option, remember that recordMyDesktop's cache is not safe, in respect to type-sizes and endianness.
Read More...
http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/manpage.php
Here is the Command Line - Terminal Output. From a couple of my "-rescue" runs. That I did on two different "recordmydesktop""tmp" - "cache" Folders. I let this run for 4 or 5 hours. Then a Thunder Storm, came in and I wanted to go to bed. So, I had to shut down the computer. I can't stand the noise and heat, from this Computer running, while I'm sleeping. After all that time. I started it again, the next day. We'll see how long it takes. Unless I have to stop it again. The file, so far was 92.5mb in size. And it's not Not a really long video, at about 17 minutes so far. That's the Problem, with rendering these Desktop Videos, on a Core 2 Intel System. That's only 1.8GHz and has 3Gb of Ram. It just takes too long to render them...
[don@RedBlackBioStar rMD-session-24324]$ recordMyDesktop -rescue
bash: recordMyDesktop: command not found...
Similar command is: 'recordmydesktop'
[don@RedBlackBioStar rMD-session-24324]$ recordmydesktop -rescue
Argument Usage: --rescue path_to_data
[don@RedBlackBioStar rMD-session-24324]$ recordmydesktop -rescue /home/don/Videos/Dons-Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/rMD-session-24324
Restoring /home/don/Videos/Dons-Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/rMD-session-24324!!!
STATE:ENCODING
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
Output file: /home/don/Videos/Dons-Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop-Recording-1.ogv
[0%] [Cache File 2]
(That's were I stopped and shut down the Computer...)
Here's the Test run, I am doing on my Lenovo i5, Intel Quad Core System. With 4Gb of Ram. This is a much smaller set of "tmp" - "cache" files. So, it should take allot less time. Especially, since this system is more powerful. I noticed, that the % is counting up the bytes, as it works. Here's the Terminal Output, from this run. It finished, while I was writing this. Took about 5 to 10 minutes...
Terminal Output...
[don@Lenovo-i5 rMD-session-19217]$ recordmydesktop -rescue /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217
Restoring /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217!!!
STATE:ENCODING
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
Output file: /home/don/Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/XBMC-Raspberry-Pi-GtkRecordMyDesktop.ogv
Cannot open file /home/don/Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/XBMC-Raspberry-Pi-GtkRecordMyDesktop.ogv for writting!
[don@Lenovo-i5 rMD-session-19217]$ recordmydesktop -rescue /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217
Restoring /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217!!!
STATE:ENCODING
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
Output file: /home/don/Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/XBMC-Raspberry-Pi-GtkRecordMyDesktop.ogv
[11161 frames rendered]
Encoding finished!
Wait a moment please...
Done.
Written 18543153 bytes
(16473812 of which were video data and 2069341 audio data)
Done!!!
Goodbye!
[don@Lenovo-i5 rMD-session-19217]$
So, there you have it. When the "-rescue" is done. That's how the Terminal Output looks...
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Quote from the recordMyDesktop Man Page
-rescue path_to_dataEncode cache data from a previous session, into an Ogg/Theora+Vorbis file. The file name will be the one that was chosen initially. Any other option specified with this one will be implicitly ignored and recordMyDesktop will exit after the end of the encoding. This option was added in recordMyDesktop 0.3.7 and it will not work with cache files produced from earlier versions. When using this option, remember that recordMyDesktop's cache is not safe, in respect to type-sizes and endianness.
Read More...
http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/manpage.php
Here is the Command Line - Terminal Output. From a couple of my "-rescue" runs. That I did on two different "recordmydesktop""tmp" - "cache" Folders. I let this run for 4 or 5 hours. Then a Thunder Storm, came in and I wanted to go to bed. So, I had to shut down the computer. I can't stand the noise and heat, from this Computer running, while I'm sleeping. After all that time. I started it again, the next day. We'll see how long it takes. Unless I have to stop it again. The file, so far was 92.5mb in size. And it's not Not a really long video, at about 17 minutes so far. That's the Problem, with rendering these Desktop Videos, on a Core 2 Intel System. That's only 1.8GHz and has 3Gb of Ram. It just takes too long to render them...
[don@RedBlackBioStar rMD-session-24324]$ recordMyDesktop -rescue
bash: recordMyDesktop: command not found...
Similar command is: 'recordmydesktop'
[don@RedBlackBioStar rMD-session-24324]$ recordmydesktop -rescue
Argument Usage: --rescue path_to_data
[don@RedBlackBioStar rMD-session-24324]$ recordmydesktop -rescue /home/don/Videos/Dons-Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/rMD-session-24324
Restoring /home/don/Videos/Dons-Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/rMD-session-24324!!!
STATE:ENCODING
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
Output file: /home/don/Videos/Dons-Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop-Recording-1.ogv
[0%] [Cache File 2]
(That's were I stopped and shut down the Computer...)
Here's the Test run, I am doing on my Lenovo i5, Intel Quad Core System. With 4Gb of Ram. This is a much smaller set of "tmp" - "cache" files. So, it should take allot less time. Especially, since this system is more powerful. I noticed, that the % is counting up the bytes, as it works. Here's the Terminal Output, from this run. It finished, while I was writing this. Took about 5 to 10 minutes...
- Note: this is the command I ran "recordmydesktop -rescue /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217". But, I got an error. Saying, it Can't write to the File. Which is pointed to the Directory, from the Specs.txt file. I'm pasting the Specs File info below... I fixed the problem. By making a Folder, with the exact name. That the Specs File was looking for. The Directory Names are Case Sensitive. I'll Paste in the Terminal Output, below...
- Specs.txt
- recordMyDesktop = 0.3.8.1
Width = 1024
Height = 768
Filename = /home/don/Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/XBMC-Raspberry-Pi-GtkRecordMyDesktop
FPS = 29.000000
NoSound = 0
Frequency = 22050
Channels = 1
BufferSize = 4096
SoundFrameSize = 2
PeriodSize = 1365
UsedJack = 0
v_bitrate = 0
v_quality = 32
s_quality = 5
ZeroCompression = 1
Terminal Output...
[don@Lenovo-i5 rMD-session-19217]$ recordmydesktop -rescue /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217Restoring /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217!!!
STATE:ENCODING
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
Output file: /home/don/Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/XBMC-Raspberry-Pi-GtkRecordMyDesktop.ogv
Cannot open file /home/don/Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/XBMC-Raspberry-Pi-GtkRecordMyDesktop.ogv for writting!
[don@Lenovo-i5 rMD-session-19217]$ recordmydesktop -rescue /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217
Restoring /home/don/Videos/rMD-session-19217!!!
STATE:ENCODING
Encoding started!
This may take several minutes.
Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but
any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted).
Please wait...
Output file: /home/don/Videos/Gtk-Record-My-Desktop/XBMC-Raspberry-Pi-GtkRecordMyDesktop.ogv
[11161 frames rendered]
Encoding finished!
Wait a moment please...
Done.
Written 18543153 bytes
(16473812 of which were video data and 2069341 audio data)
Done!!!
Goodbye!
[don@Lenovo-i5 rMD-session-19217]$
So, there you have it. When the "-rescue" is done. That's how the Terminal Output looks...
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