Cankiri

Cankiri is a single file screen recorder for Linux and other systems that run GStreamer 0.10 and PyGTK 2.8 licensed under the GNU GPL version 2. It was inspired by Zaheer Abbas Merali's Istanbul, and aims to have lighter weight deployment than Istanbul.

Usage

Running Cankiri will add an icon to your notification area if you have one, or substitute a small window. Cankiri will immediately prompt you to begin recording. Choose the destination filename, as well as any desired options, and click OK to begin. Click the icon again to stop and complete your video. Right click the icon to access other operations including Quit.

Installation

Download cankiri-0.1.tar.gz, unpack, and save cankiri.py wherever you want your programs to live. Add any desired links, launchers, etc. If you're feeling mildly adventurous, you can grab it from subversion instead: cankiri.py

Contact

If this ever catches on I'll consider a real bug tracker. For now I'll just follow what Istanbul fixes. <evil grin>

Known Issues

• Using os.getlogin() in Version 0.1 was a mistake, as it can throw OSError on various systems.

Replacing it with os.environ.get("USER") on line 250 resolves the problem. This is already fixed in svn and will be released in 0.2.

• Not everyone can move and resize the partial capture area. I'm still looking for information on when and why this occurs.

History

Version 0.2: 2006 August 6

• New Features
• Use a small normal window if the notification area is unavailable
• Automatically bring up the save as dialog when started
• Bugfixes
• Avoid OSErrors from os.getlogin(); reference os.environ instead
• Avoid multiple save windows
• Quit immediately when about or save dialog is active

Version 0.1: 2006 July 30

• Initial Release Features
• Optionally records audio
• Optionally records mouse pointer
• Captures either the full screen, or
• Optionally marks a partial screen for capture
• Shows an indication of the capture area before and during recording