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This is the tasklist for Video Contact Sheet *NIX

Although I use it mainly as a TO-DO list, feel free to fill any bug-reports or feature requests you might have.

Homepage: https://p.outlyer.net/vcs/
Documentation: https://p.outlyer.net/vcs/docs

ID Task Type Severity Summary Status Progress  asc Due In Version
 76 Bug ReportHigh Failure while capturing last frame Closed
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1.11 Task Description

“Failed to capture frame (at second xxx.yyy)”

Known bug, reported by various users.

 79 Bug ReportHigh vcs breaks if tput can't set colour Closed
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Task Description

E.g. on FreeBSD

 135 Bug ReportHigh Pythagorean theorem uses gawk syntax Closed
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1.11.2 Task Description

pyth_th() uses **, accepted by gawk but not mawk

Also Ubuntu uses mawk by default.

 189 Bug ReportHigh VCS is broken on FreeBSD (and Mac OS X) since 1.12.3 Closed
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1.13 Task Description

Version 1.12.3 breaks on FreeBSD due to the usage of GNU-specific extensions of expr, sed and an incompatible Bash RE.

 195 Bug ReportHigh Too short files might lead to infinte loop Closed
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1.13 Task Description

As reported by Dirk Reiners (paraphrased)

When steps get too small they might round to 0 ⇒ infinite loop in compute_timecodes.

 248 Bug ReportHigh Unsupported format gives errors Closed
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1.13.3 Task Description

Seen in HEVC contained in MPEG-TS

 2 Bug ReportMedium Timestamps are allowed to be repeated Closed
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Task Description

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 3 Feature RequestMedium Allow setting output filename Closed
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1.11 Task Description

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 13 Bug ReportMedium Incorrect error checking of temporary directory creatio ...Closed
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Task Description

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 26 Bug ReportMedium Safe renaming's mv requires "--" to be safe Closed
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Task Description

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 49 Bug ReportMedium Setting font too big cuts text of meta-information and  ...Closed
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1.12 Task Description

Originally reported by Dougn Redhammer

 129 Bug ReportMedium Warn about renamed overrides Closed
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1.11.1 Task Description

Some override-able variables were renamed silently in 1.11

DEFAULT_COLS ⇒ cols
DEFAULT_INTERVAL ⇒ interval
DEFAULT_NUMCAPS ⇒ numcaps

 136 Bug ReportMedium Ubuntu doesn't register fonts with ImageMagick Closed
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1.11.2 Task Description

Symbolic font names don’t work since IM won’t know about TTF fonts.

Probably affects other systems too.

 149 Bug ReportMedium Check configuration values for correctness Closed
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1.12 Task Description

No need for description

 167 Submitted PatchMedium Improper cleanup of tempdir Closed
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1.12.2 Task Description

Originally submitted by Jason Tackaberry

VCS’ temporary dir (and its contents) is not removed on cleanup. Space in /dev/shm is wasted as a result.

Patch attached.

 174 Bug ReportMedium Video length is checked against mplayer's identificatio ...Closed
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1.12.3 Task Description

Internal: Stale code from prior versions, numsecs inside process() uses mplayer’s value instead of the best value to determine video length (and keep or discard timestamps).

As a side-effect, newer code being more strict about array vs string handling can fail easily.

 175 Bug ReportMedium Failure after a certain number of uses Closed
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Task Description

Originally reported by Robert Speicher.

Works for awhile, then starts failing until reboot. Happens with 1.12.1, but continued to fail after upgrade to 1.12.2.

Log:

Video Contact Sheet *NIX v1.12.1, (c) 2007-2010 Toni Corvera
Timestamps disabled.
Shadows disabled.
Padding disabled.
Processing Video.avi...
Capturing in range [01:12.50-19:30.00]. Total length: 20:26.02
Generating capture #1/16 (01:22.50)...
Generating capture #2/16 (02:35.00)...
Generating capture #3/16 (03:47.50)...
Generating capture #4/16 (05:00.00)...
Generating capture #5/16 (06:12.50)...
Generating capture #6/16 (07:25.00)...
Generating capture #7/16 (08:37.50)...
Generating capture #8/16 (09:50.00)...
Generating capture #9/16 (11:02.50)...
Generating capture #10/16 (12:15.00)...
Generating capture #11/16 (13:27.50)...
Generating capture #12/16 (14:40.00)...
Generating capture #13/16 (15:52.50)...
Generating capture #14/16 (17:05.00)...
Generating capture #15/16 (18:17.50)...
Generating capture #16/16 (19:30.00)...
Composing standard contact sheet...
Adding header and footer...
Done. Output wrote to Video.avi.jpg
Cleaning up...
Video Contact Sheet *NIX v1.12.1, (c) 2007-2010 Toni Corvera
Timestamps disabled.
Shadows disabled.
Padding disabled.
Processing Video.avi...
Capturing in range [02:16.25-36:30.00]. Total length: 37:15.80
Generating capture #1/16 (02:26.25)...
Generating capture #2/16 (04:42.50)...
Generating capture #3/16 (06:58.75)...
Generating capture #4/16 (09:15.00)...
Generating capture #5/16 (11:31.25)...
Generating capture #6/16 (13:47.50)...
Generating capture #7/16 (16:03.75)...
Generating capture #8/16 (18:20.00)...
Generating capture #9/16 (20:36.25)...
Generating capture #10/16 (22:52.50)...
Generating capture #11/16 (25:08.75)...
Generating capture #12/16 (27:25.00)...
Generating capture #13/16 (29:41.25)...
Generating capture #14/16 (31:57.50)...
Generating capture #15/16 (34:13.75)...
Generating capture #16/16 (36:30.00)...
Composing standard contact sheet...
Adding header and footer...
Done. Output wrote to Video.avi.jpg
Cleaning up...
Video Contact Sheet *NIX v1.12.1, (c) 2007-2010 Toni Corvera
Timestamps disabled.
Shadows disabled.
Padding disabled.
Processing Video.avi...
Capturing in range [00:50.00-13:30.00]. Total length: 14:02.64
Generating capture #1/16 (01:00.00)...
Generating capture #2/16 (01:50.00)...
Generating capture #3/16 (02:40.00)...
Generating capture #4/16 (03:30.00)...
Generating capture #5/16 (04:20.00)...
Generating capture #6/16 (05:10.00)...
Generating capture #7/16 (06:00.00)...
Generating capture #8/16 (06:50.00)...
Generating capture #9/16 (07:40.00)...
Generating capture #10/16 (08:30.00)...
Generating capture #11/16 (09:20.00)...
Generating capture #12/16 (10:10.00)...
Generating capture #13/16 (11:00.00)...
Generating capture #14/16 (11:50.00)...
Generating capture #15/16 (12:40.00)...
Generating capture #16/16 (13:30.00)...
Composing standard contact sheet...
montage: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
convert: Expected 8192 bytes; found 7332 bytes `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGWarningHandler/1408.
convert: Read Exception `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
convert: Corrupt image `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2877.
convert: missing an image filename `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ wand/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/2710.
identify: Expected 8192 bytes; found 7332 bytes `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGWarningHandler/1408.
identify: Read Exception `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
identify: Corrupt image `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2877.
identify: Expected 8192 bytes; found 7332 bytes `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGWarningHandler/1408.
identify: Read Exception `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
identify: Corrupt image `/dev/shm/vcs.rYHunk/vcs-MKciWX.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2877.
/usr/bin/vcs: line 3320: ( - ) / 2 : syntax error: operand expected (error token is ") / 2 ")
Cleaning up...
Video Contact Sheet *NIX v1.12.1, (c) 2007-2010 Toni Corvera
Timestamps disabled.
Shadows disabled.
Padding disabled.
Processing Video.avi...
Capturing in range [00:53.75-14:30.00]. Total length: 15:46.15
Generating capture #1/16 (01:03.75)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-rUCuNH.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #2/16 (01:57.50)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-zZbLrH.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #3/16 (02:51.25)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-jtjSCK.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #4/16 (03:45.00)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-OPrsFE.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #5/16 (04:38.75)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-yTKhKY.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #6/16 (05:32.50)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-qNZBGT.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #7/16 (06:26.25)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-BMvDIJ.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #8/16 (07:20.00)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-LIiceG.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #9/16 (08:13.75)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-Mirxow.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #10/16 (09:07.50)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-MTumnX.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #11/16 (10:01.25)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-Fmbspn.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #12/16 (10:55.00)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-EpyojU.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #13/16 (11:48.75)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-xaWRsM.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #14/16 (12:42.50)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-SWjaOd.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #15/16 (13:36.25)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-RPgswJ.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Generating capture #16/16 (14:30.00)...
convert: WriteBlob Failed `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-UcJOwe.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
Composing standard contact sheet...
montage: Expected 8192 bytes; found 4013 bytes `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-vUkjQs-cap-000001.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGWarningHandler/1408.
montage: Read Exception `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-vUkjQs-cap-000001.png' @ coders/png.c/PNGErrorHandler/1391.
montage: Corrupt image `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-vUkjQs-cap-000001.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2877.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-fyBsXW-cap-000002.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-KaORtG-cap-000003.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-XpQLft-cap-000004.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-JJOrHH-cap-000005.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-njxEmD-cap-000006.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-spNKJs-cap-000007.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-ShRSMS-cap-000008.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-dVzzbj-cap-000009.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-tDyUTy-cap-000010.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-ZhPdxF-cap-000011.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-KNPGcw-cap-000012.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-fpoOpZ-cap-000013.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-xQKSPT-cap-000014.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-jiQomq-cap-000015.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: Improper image header `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-gwGaCZ-cap-000016.png' @ coders/png.c/ReadPNGImage/2839.
montage: missing an image filename `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-pIBUGe.png' @ wand/montage.c/MontageImageCommand/1596.
convert: missing an image filename `/dev/shm/vcs.EgedHO/vcs-pIBUGe.png' @ wand/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/2710.
/usr/bin/vcs: line 3320: ( - ) / 2 : syntax error: operand expected (error token is ") / 2 ")
Cleaning up...
Video Contact Sheet *NIX v1.12.1, (c) 2007-2010 Toni Corvera
Timestamps disabled.
Shadows disabled.
Padding disabled.
Processing Video.avi...
Detected video length can't be reached. Safe measuring enabled.
Starting safe length measuring (this might take a while)...
   ... trying 1724.759
   ... trying 1724.259
   ... trying 1723.759
   ... trying 1723.259
   ... trying 1722.759
   ... trying 1722.259
   ... trying 1721.759
   ... trying 1721.259
   ... trying 1720.759
   ... trying 1720.259
   ... trying 1719.759
   ... trying 1719.259
   ... trying 1718.759
   ... trying 1718.259
   ... trying 1717.759
   ... trying 1717.259
   ... trying 1716.759
   ... trying 1716.259
   ... trying 1715.759
   ... trying 1715.259
   ... trying 1714.759
   ... trying 1714.259
   ... trying 1713.759
   ... trying 1713.259
   ... trying 1712.759
   ... trying 1712.259
   ... trying 1711.759
   ... trying 1711.259
   ... trying 1710.759
   ... trying 1710.259
   ... trying 1709.759
   ... trying 1709.259
   ... trying 1708.759
   ... trying 1708.259
   ... trying 1707.759
   ... trying 1707.259
   ... trying 1706.759
   ... trying 1706.259
   ... trying 1705.759
   ... trying 1705.259
Couldn't measure length in a reasonable amount of tries.
  Capturing won't work, video is at least 00:20.00 shorter than reported.
   Does ffmpeg support XVID?.
   Try re-running with -Ws -WP.
Failure while analysing file "Video.avi". Can't continue.
Cleaning up...
Video Contact Sheet *NIX v1.12.1, (c) 2007-2010 Toni Corvera
Timestamps disabled.
Shadows disabled.
Padding disabled.
Processing Video.avi...
Detected video length can't be reached. Safe measuring enabled.
Starting safe length measuring (this might take a while)...
   ... trying 1614.210
   ... trying 1613.710
   ... trying 1613.210
   ... trying 1612.710
   ... trying 1612.210
   ... trying 1611.710
   ... trying 1611.210
   ... trying 1610.710
   ... trying 1610.210
   ... trying 1609.710
   ... trying 1609.210
   ... trying 1608.710
   ... trying 1608.210
   ... trying 1607.710
   ... trying 1607.210
   ... trying 1606.710
   ... trying 1606.210
   ... trying 1605.710
   ... trying 1605.210
   ... trying 1604.710
   ... trying 1604.210
   ... trying 1603.710
   ... trying 1603.210
   ... trying 1602.710
   ... trying 1602.210
   ... trying 1601.710
   ... trying 1601.210
   ... trying 1600.710
   ... trying 1600.210
   ... trying 1599.710
   ... trying 1599.210
   ... trying 1598.710
   ... trying 1598.210
   ... trying 1597.710
   ... trying 1597.210
   ... trying 1596.710
   ... trying 1596.210
   ... trying 1595.710
   ... trying 1595.210
   ... trying 1594.710
Couldn't measure length in a reasonable amount of tries.
  Capturing won't work, video is at least 00:20.00 shorter than reported.
   Does ffmpeg support XVID?.
   Try re-running with -Ws -WP.
Failure while analysing file "Video.avi". Can't continue.

Every capture from here on out will fail in a similar fashion until reboot.
 217 Bug ReportMedium Unquoted grep pattern gives problems Closed
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1.13.1 Task Description

Submitted by Eris Belew

Unquotted grep pattern ^ID is problematic.

Patch submitted.

 219 Submitted PatchMedium Arch PKGBUILD outdated Closed
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1.13.1 Task Description

Submitted by Eris Belew

Guidelines for the PKGBUILD script have changed.

Submitted updated PKGBUILD.

 225 Bug ReportMedium Number of captures exceeded by one with mplayer Closed
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1.13.2 Task Description

Reported by Miya

When using mplayer as capturer and defining a number of captures, the produced number exceeds it by one (i.e. 21 instead of 20).

 311 Bug ReportMedium Allow disabling coloured output altogether Closed
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1.13.3 Task Description

Reported by DanC

https://outlyer.net/2014-05-18:vcs-1_13_2-released/comment-page-1/#comment-20390:

A great utilty... I’ve been using this for a couple of years now (it runs every night as a cron job).
I’ve been looking at cleaning up the output that cron captures from each of its commands and stores as a system email.
I’ve enabled the -Wc option to prevent coloured output. Mostly this works except near the start of the script when it says:
Settings from /home/danc/.vcs/vcs.conf:
bg_heading
This is still shown in green. Bug?

Currently the colour only stops after the option is found.

 314 Submitted PatchMedium Patch for approximate size calculation Closed
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1.13.3 Task Description

Submitted by someone desiring no credit.

Here’s a patch against 1.13.2 for mistaken approximate size calculation.

Self-notes about the patch:

  • More accurate rounding → Discarded. I went for rounding by excess
  • Leading 0 in fractionary units was not present in the original → BUG
    Sample: Samsung HD sample, 1080pto720p version
 4 Feature RequestLow Allow more complex, human readable timestamps Closed
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Task Description

E.g. 4m30s

See http://p.outlyer.net/dox/vcs:time_syntax

 6 Feature RequestLow Allow overriding default command-line Closed
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Task Description

E.g. allow setting –jpeg and –user outlyer implicitly for all files

 7 Bug ReportLow Broken program signature Closed
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Task Description

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 8 Bug ReportLow Temporary files are not removed when interrupted Closed
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 10 Bug ReportLow Incorrect number of captures printed to console Closed
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 12 Bug ReportLow Temporary files are put in $PWD, vfs might fail. Closed
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 16 Bug ReportLow Handle interval longer than video Closed
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 17 Feature RequestLow Allow quiet operation Closed
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 21 Feature RequestLow Allow configuration overrides from the command-line Closed
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 25 Bug ReportLow Safe renaming assumes current dir Closed
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 27 Bug ReportLow Console colours are printed to the wrong channel Closed
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 28 Bug ReportLow Timestamps regex is too loose Closed
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 31 Bug ReportLow Requested colours are not used Closed
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 33 Bug ReportLow Filenames in non-latin scripts get printed incorrectly Closed
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1.11
 34 Bug ReportLow Right side of header ignores user-set colour Closed
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 35 Bug ReportLow -c gets ignored when not combined with -n Closed
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 36 Bug ReportLow Extended mode uses global number of columns Closed
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 37 Bug ReportLow Aspect ratio guessing fails if height is non-standard Closed
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 39 Bug ReportLow Extended mode uses global number of columns Closed
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 40 Feature RequestLow Optionally disable timestamps Closed
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 42 Bug ReportLow Wrong captures count with multiple files Closed
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 43 Bug ReportLow Failure to cleanup with multiple files leads to clash o ...Closed
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 45 Feature RequestLow Optionally disable shadows Closed
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 48 Feature RequestLow Padding needs adjusting Closed
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 55 Feature RequestLow Drop bc, replace with awk or perl Closed
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1.11
 57 Bug ReportLow With mplayer as capturer milliseconds are meaningless Closed
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 58 Bug ReportLow Syntax not compatible with older bash Closed
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1.11
 59 Bug ReportLow Mplayer seems to fail on MPEG or WMV9 Closed
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