Selenium Web driver video recording on virtual windows server

[Andre Silva]

Hi,

I'm using Monte Media java library to record test execution. It works like a charm on my local machine, but when I use it on my CI engine inside a windows server virtual machine, all I get is a black movie from start to end.

I searched through blogs and forums and it seems there are some more people experiencing this issue, but no solution is provided. I do home there is some solution to this.

Can anyone help me? Thanks

[PeterJeffreyGale]

Interesring tool, but how is this a Selenium question?

[Alasdair Macmillan]

Hi Andre,

Are you running the selenium node on an RDP session, by any chance? When the RDP session is disconnected, I believe Windows doesn't render the screen when the RDP client is not connected - which might be why the Monte Media library is taking a video of a blank screen.

I would recommend running the selenium node under a proper windows login, and administrating it using a VNC connection. I'm not able to advise you on the details, but I believe the VM hosting software may be able to assist with this.

Thanks,

Alasdair

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Alasdair is correct. This problem will come up when rdp connection to the remote machine is involved.

You should setup a vnc server that let's you use a vnc client to login to the remote box. We had to resort to this approach when screen shots started turning black.

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[David]

What about logging in to RDP as console/admin session instead of typical RDP sessions? Or just logging in locally to VM desktop via the VM management software interface?

I came across this a while back, it might be useful too: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lNEvv-mb4CIJ:www.allianceglobalservices.com/blog/executing-automation-suite-on-disconnectedlocked-machines+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=opera