Old 09-11-2011, 04:07 PM   #1
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Default LICECap for OSX!

Just saw this and it's been there since July, haha... Just a heads up for other OSX dudes who might not have seen it!

Stoked, thanks Cockos!
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Old 09-11-2011, 05:19 PM   #2
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This is great news for Mac users.


Silent revolution, LOL!
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Old 09-11-2011, 05:38 PM   #3
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Excellent. You'd figure there'd at least be a press conference to announce it.
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Yeah, nice one. I had spotted it before (with apologies for the Portal jokes...).

One more thing: in order not to have people reload the webpage / image over and over to see what's going on, one should typically set their .gif animations to loop. To make .gif animations loop on OS X, I used gifsicle; basic usage at the command line as follows (obviously, replace file & path):
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Old 09-12-2011, 04:09 AM   #5
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I posted a LiceCap gif yesterday that looped, and I didn't need to do anything to it?
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I posted a LiceCap gif yesterday that looped, and I didn't need to do anything to it?
Was that using LiceCap for OS X, too? I haven't tried lately, but when I did initially try out LiceCap on OS X (link above), IIRC, my animation did not loop initially.

Thinking about it, I may have been editing the .gif in Preview to cut off excessive bits at the start and end of the recording... (another tip for OS X users: yes, you can edit .gif files in Preview, in a nice drag & drop manner), which may have reset the looping bit in the file.

Still, that is a common enough workflow at this forum, so, anyway, my tips for OS X LiceCap users: to easily (and using freely available tools) edit a .gif and make sure it is looping (or not) on OS X, consider using Preview and gifsicle.
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Old 09-12-2011, 04:27 AM   #7
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I'll keep it in mind, thanks! I really should have edited that gif ... it's too long
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For editing -- you can also record in licecap to LCF, then import that into REAPER, edit, and render to .gif.
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For editing -- you can also record in licecap to LCF, then import that into REAPER, edit, and render to .gif.
Justin,

I'm looking for that LCF option - is it missing in OSX or do I just change the suffix to .LCF?

I'm using it on a PPC, Leo.

[Also, the Control-alt-P pause function doesn't seem to work for me here.]

Cool to have though, even if I can't use it for my next Hollywood feature film.
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For editing -- you can also record in licecap to LCF, then import that into REAPER, edit, and render to .gif.
wow..
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Anyone? How do I LCF a file instead of GIFfing it?
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On OSX there isn't an option there, so append ".lcf" onto your chosen output filename and it works; just tried it
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like this:

Now you're just insulting me.

Actually it was because of that missing option in OSX that I was asking, cause I recall seeing it on my PC. Thanks though.

Tim, I'll give the .lcfing thing a try. [I should have been a psychic].
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Now you're just insulting me.
No tot at all! I was just having fun LICEcapping the LICEcap. (You can run multiple instances....)
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Old 09-13-2011, 04:16 PM   #16
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So probably the wrong forum, but ...

What editing of the licecap files is available from within reaper.

I was able to insert the LCP file and run it, but I cant seem to find any editing tools

I'm looking at using Licecap/reaper for tech support "how do I..." questions.

At least I would have an excuse to use reaper at work
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Just drag the .lcf into reaper, open the video window and edit the same way you would edit normally
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Thanks Tim,

I guess I'll have to read the manual on video. I've never worked with video.
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Hmm...according to the guide, video cannot be edited in reaper. Justin seemed to indicate licecap editing was possible.
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It edits in the same way as audio, except fades and stretching don't do anything
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You can split it rearrange the order, shorten it.

Import other LCFs and create sequences....

Looks like it might be able to render to avi....? Tried, but no luck.

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Old 09-13-2011, 06:01 PM   #22
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For editing -- you can also record in licecap to LCF, then import that into REAPER, edit, and render to .gif.
Wouldn't it be cool if Reaper could be told to use an items frame rate as a grid, timeruler and project fps reference ? And FFMPEG render fps ?

Nobody would need to wonder how Reaper finds out which frame to use in a render and which not. Wouldn't it be awesome if all this fps business was automatic for the first video item dropped in ?

You'd have a simple video editor that is precise and dependable. All that is a nice thought, isn't it.
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Wouldn't it be cool if Reaper could be told to use an items frame rate as a grid, timeruler and project fps reference ? And FFMPEG render fps ?

Nobody would need to wonder how Reaper finds out which frame to use in a render and which not. Wouldn't it be awesome if all this fps business was automatic for the first video item dropped in ?

You'd have a simple video editor that is precise and dependable. All that is a nice thought, isn't it.
Yes it is a nice thought.

I would love to be able to output something like an avi that combined audio with imported LCFs. Is that possible? Would that be rad?

I am getting an error about a missing encoder when I try to render an avi.
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Just tried the full cycle: record, import to Reaper, export as GIF. All seems to work fine. OSX Leo.

Now all I need is acting lessons.

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isn't it cool? Reaper as an animated gif editor & sequencer.

Can it render them to avi with sound?
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isn't it cool? Reaper as an animated gif editor & sequencer.

Can it render them to avi with sound?
Why not? Haven't tried it though.
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Well, I got an MKV file out of it with sound. I suppose you can take this and convert it to whatever other format using a third party converter. I couldn't get AVI to work, except to blow my ears out with some white noise.
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MKV?

Oh goody! Another extension! Just the thing I need. Yum!
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LICECap doesn't yet work in OSX 10.7(.1) Lion:

- No image in the output, only black (with the correct image size though).
- Mouse pointer movement is recorded, but the past pointer positions stay on, so the image is soon filled with pointer images.
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You can split it rearrange the order, shorten it.

Import other LCFs and create sequences....

Looks like it might be able to render to avi....? Tried, but no luck.
Thanks Tim and Marah,

Seems pretty obvious now that I have tried it.
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I haven't been able to get this to work at all. (OSX 10.6.8) I have the FFmpeg.dylib in my <User>/Library/Application Support/Reaper/UserPlugins folder.

I create the animated gif with LiceCap, change the extension to .lcf and drag the file into Reaper. But I get the following error message...

"REAPER ERROR Could not import 1 of 1 items."

I'm probably missing something quite simple. Can anyone spot what is amiss?
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After you hit "record" in LiceCap, enter a name and then append ".lcf" to the name there, then hit "save" etc. Then you will be able to drop it into reaper.

If you just change the file extension afterwards, then LiceCap has created a ".gif" that you've just changed the extension of ... it's still a ".gif" afaik
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That was a mistake I made too: changing the suffix AFTER recording had finished. I'm a quick study though. Now it all works well on my OSX 10.5, PPC.
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Thanks, Tim. I knew it had to be something simple! All working fine now.
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I know this is not a licecap forum, but I just want to say what an awesome support tool licecap is!

I am the Network/PC admin for a food distribution company and have found it incredibly quick and easy to use for remote sales support.

Thanks Cockos!

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I know this is not a licecap forum, but I just want to say what an awesome support tool licecap is!

I am the Network/PC admin for a food distribution company and have found it incredibly quick and easy to use for remote sales support.

Thanks Cockos!

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LICECap doesn't yet work in OSX 10.7(.1) Lion:

- No image in the output, only black (with the correct image size though).
- Mouse pointer movement is recorded, but the past pointer positions stay on, so the image is soon filled with pointer images.
Same here.

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I get the black with the pointer too. is it only in lion?
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I'll look at adding Lion support soon.
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