appium ios Recording the screen, the saved mp4 file cannot be opened
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Description
The problem
appium ios Recording the screen, the saved mp4 file cannot be opened
Environment
- Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue:2.0.1
- Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable):
- Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: windows
- Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe):
- Mobile platform/version under test:ios
- Real device or emulator/simulator:device
- Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe:
Details
Use appium to connect tidevice to run in windows environment
The mp4 file saved by using the start_recording_screen method to record the screen cannot be opened
Link to Appium Logs
Create a GIST which is a paste of your full Appium logs, and link them here.
Code To reproduce issue
options = {
'videoQuality': 'low',
'timeLimit': 600,
}
self.driver.start_recording_screen(**options)
sleep(3)
recording_data = self.driver.stop_recording_screen()
with open(r'F:\recorded_video.mp4', 'wb') as file:
file.write(base64.b64decode(recording_data))
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Research direction
Start with the Python client entry points start_recording_screen and stop_recording_screen, then reproduce the iOS recording flow through tidevice on Windows using the provided options and save path. Check the Appium logs and recording_data handling; done means the saved recorded_video.mp4 can be opened successfully.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100