shell-recorder does not close file when recording is stopped

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell - 3.4.1-5ubuntu1

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gnome-shell (3.4.1-5ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  * Re-synchronize with Debian. Remaining changes:
    - 09-respect-NoDisplay-semantics-for-app-menu.patch:
      + Disabled, as upstream says it breaks app tracking for NoDisplay apps
        and it's a Debian-specific problem anyway
    - 21_revert_evolution_gsettings.patch: Disabled, we have Evolution 3.4 now
  * Fixes gnome-shell recorder not starting new recording every time screen
    recorder stops and starts (LP: #975360)
  * Dropped Ubuntu's ARM patches because the Debian one works better. For
    instance the screen recorder is much faster on non-ARM platforms now.

gnome-shell (3.4.1-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * Disabling the screen recorder on arm{el,hf} was not sufficient to make it
    build everywhere since the screen grabber is also used for making
    screenshots. Update debian/patches/14_make-GLX-optional.patch instead and
    only use pixel buffers in the screen grabber if we have GL/GLX support.
    This means we can re-enable the screen recorder on arm{el,hf} as it will
    use the slow, cogl-based path there.

gnome-shell (3.4.1-4) unstable; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/14_make-GLX-optional.patch:
    - Add DEP-3 patch header.
    - Remove unconditional pkg-config check for the "gl" module.

gnome-shell (3.4.1-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Upload to unstable.

gnome-shell (3.4.1-2) experimental; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/22-remove-online-accounts-from-user-menu.patch: Remove
    "Online Accounts" from user menu. It can be easily accessed via
    "System Settings" so there is no need to clutter up the user menu.
  * Tighten Depends on gir1.2-clutter-1.0. Closes: #673929
  * Change Recommends: gnome-themes-standard to Depends. Adwaita is the
    prefererred window manager theme and without a theme installed gnome-shell
    refuses to start. Closes: #590340
  * Bump Depends on gnome-settings-daemon to (>= 3.4.0). There was an
    incompatible change in the Power D-Bus API which caused the power icon to
    no longer update properly. Closes: #674429
  * Don't build the screen recorder on arm{el,hf} as the screen grabber uses
    GL/GLX and on those archs cogl uses GLES.
  * debian/patches/25-close-the-recorder-instead-of-pausing-it.patch: Close
    the screen recorder instead of pausing. Otherwise we continue to write to
    the same output file. Patch cherry-picked from upstream Git.
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 22:02:18 -0400

I'm not so sure this is fixed. gnome-shell 3.4.1-5ubuntu1 does now create unique files for each recording, but those file are all exactly 300 bytes. The contents appear to be a valid webm header, but obviously contain no actual video data, and cannot be played back by VLC for example.

Daniel, I'm also getting 300 byte screencasts. Could you please open a new bug for this new issue, as it might be a problem with Ubuntu's gstreamer or something else? Thanks!

Jeremy, new bug created at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1007488

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release