Debugging CutyCapt + Flash

Question

I have a system on Ubuntu 12.04 that uses xvfb, CutyCapt, and Adobe Flash to capture a screenshot of an HTML page with embedded Flash. All packages are Ubuntu 12.04 release packages (nothing compiled).

xvfb-run --server-args = "- screen 0, 1024x768x24" cutycapt --url = http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php? mapid = mFh --plugins = on --delay = 10 --out = test.png

The setting works great for shooting Flash. The problem I am facing is that the Flash object makes some remote data calls and changes display states based on the deleted data. My screenshot captures the state of the Flash object at boot time, but never captures visual changes after deleted data calls.

Using tcpdump, I can see that the corresponding data calls are being made. I tried to delay CutyCapt at various intervals for up to 90 seconds to see if it would capture a new state, without bones.

I appreciate any help in debugging this issue further, even if the answer is "go here." I am not very familiar with the Qt development world.

Answer 1

Did you know that the cutycapt delay parameter takes a millisecond value? Therefore, if you want to delay for 10 seconds, it should be 10000 , not 10 .

This explains why you did not see the state change because the delay was too short.