Eidete only produces 300 byte files that are corrupted

[Cameron Norman]

After finishing recording, Eidete displays a message that it can't connect to contractor and then asks to save a file. The saved file is not a video, it is always 300 bytes in size. I have actually tried to view somebody's video that was called "corrupted" by my browser. I would post a video of the bug, but . . . .

[Cameron Norman (cameronnemo)]

I committed taboo by confirming my own bug, but there were multiple duplicates, so deal with it.

[Eduard Gotwig (gotwig)]

and the developers told me its the fault of my intel hd graphics driver...

[Belenos (belenos)]

But I'm using a Nvidia GPU...

[Rune Jensen (runeofdenmark-n)]

I have the same problem. EIDtE creates a 300 bytes file. And it has worked before, but it does not work now on same hardware.

[Rune Jensen (runeofdenmark-n)]

Btw I can view webm files just fine in the default video player. No problem.

[Mikhail Abbas (mikhail-abbas)]

I'm using an AMD GPU here. Doesn't work too. After recording, Eidete outputs "could not contact Contractor.Click the Save button to save the file" and the 300 byte file is produced.

[Daniele "OpenNingia" Simonetti (oppifjellet)]

I confirm this bug on my system too. Using NVIDIA GPU, proprietary drivers

[Guilherme TW (guilherme7tw)]

In my system too. I use a laptop with Nvidia Optimus and the bug happen in both cards.

Screenshot:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/ab6x.png/

[Cameron Norman (cameronnemo)]

Out of curiousity, what kernel version are you all running.

[Rune Jensen (runeofdenmark)]

uname -r says 3.2.0-49-generic

[Xarijus (xarijus)]

I can as well reproduce this problem on kernel 3.3.6-030306-generic. My laptop has two GPUs of which I only use Intel integrated one.

[Phani Kumar (neverlookuptome)]

This has been happening for a while now. Kernel version 3.5.0-22-generic and Intel Ironlake graphics.

[Cameron Norman (cameronnemo)]

From https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ijsc57vYEHBZxVdM0fRgCuBX2NbdRDv1kuOj0OG75v4/edit# :

"Eidete uses ContractorView widget from Granite, needs to be updated due to API break".

[michal lepicki (michal-lepicki)]

I guess Cameron found the problem, any hope for a fix?

[Mike Brown (megabunny)]

I have a GT220 using driver 309, I'm gonna update to 319 and report back.

[Mike Brown (megabunny)]

Well that went horribly, just had to purge nvidia* and reinstall my driver.

Still no luck with Eidete though.

[Mike Brown (megabunny)]

How the window looks on a normal Elementary LUNA install

[Jodie Robinson (jodiematthewrobinson)]

Any idea why Kazam Screencaster does the same thing? When you save as webm it does it, but saving as h264 doesn't.