dogtail-devel [Bug 346220] New: dogtail-run-headless should have an option to record a movie of the fake X server

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           Summary: dogtail-run-headless should have an option to record a
                    movie of the fake X server
           Product: dogtail
           Version: CVS HEAD
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Normal
         Component: Framework
        AssignedTo: dogtail-maint gnome bugs
        ReportedBy: dmalcolm redhat com
         QAContact: dogtail-maint gnome bugs
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


It would be useful when reviewing logs of test execution to have a movie of
what happened, to go along with the log file.  So dogtail-run-headless should
have an option to record a movie of the X server.  Potentially it could also
create a thumbnail version of a still from the end of the movie, when reviewing
large numbers of logs.

My current favourite candidate is "byzanz": as well as a well-implemented
applet for taking screencasts, it contains a "byzanz-record" tool which
captures an animated gif file of an X server.  It appears to currently work
with a duration of capture; we'd rather have it run until the X server itself
goes away, but this is probably fixable.  It's in gnome-cvs as "byzanz", and is
e.g. available within Fedora Extras.

Other candidates are:
- istanbul
- vnc2swf


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