Video reporter is not working on new project

[soroko-sergey]

Describe the bug
I install the wdio (npm init wdio@latest .) select the video reporter as an option, finish the installing
after running the example of tests I see the next error

[0-0] Error in ""before all" hook in "{root}"" Error: done() called multiple times in hook <"before all" hook in "{root}"> (of root suite); in addition, done() received error: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "paths[0]" argument must be of type string. Received undefined at createMultipleDoneError (/Users/*/node_modules/mocha/lib/errors.js:428:13) at multiple (/*/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:290:24) at Hook.done [as callback] (/*/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:301:14) at Runner._uncaught (/*/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:1011:21) at process.emit (node:events:530:35) at process.emit (node:domain:488:12) at process._fatalException (node:internal/process/execution:178:25) [0-0] file:///*/node_modules/@wdio/reporter/build/index.js:89 [0-0] hookStats.complete(getErrorsFromEvent(hook)); [0-0] ^ [0-0] [0-0] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'complete') [0-0] at SpecReporter.<anonymous> (file:///*/node_modules/@wdio/reporter/build/index.js:89:23) [0-0] at SpecReporter.emit (node:events:518:28) [0-0] at SpecReporter.emit (node:domain:488:12) [0-0] at file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@wdio/local-runner/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/reporter.js:47:56 [0-0] at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) [0-0] at BaseReporter.emit (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@wdio/local-runner/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/reporter.js:47:25) [0-0] at MochaAdapter.emit (file:///*/node_modules/@wdio/mocha-framework/build/index.js:162:24) [0-0] at Runner.emit (node:events:530:35) [0-0] at Runner.emit (node:domain:488:12) [0-0] at Runner.fail (/*/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:453:8) [0-0] [0-0] Node.js v20.11.0 [0-0] FAILED in chrome - file:///test/specs/example.e2e.js

everything works good after removing the video reporter from list of reporters from config file. Could you help me with that?

package.json looks like
{
"name": "wdiosandbox",
"type": "module",
"devDependencies": {
"@wdio/allure-reporter": "^8.28.0",
"@wdio/local-runner": "^8.28.0",
"@wdio/mocha-framework": "^8.28.0",
"@wdio/spec-reporter": "^8.28.0",
"chromedriver": "^120.0.1",
"wdio-chromedriver-service": "^8.1.1",
"wdio-video-reporter": "^5.1.1"
},
"scripts": {
"wdio": "wdio run ./wdio.conf.js"
}
}

[christian-bromann]

@soroko-sergey thanks for raising the issue. I've seen someone else posting the issue so definitely something funky here. Any contributions or investigations would be appreciated.

[brickfungus]

if I set onlyRecordLastFailure: true then I can get tests to run, but then it hangs at the end, not synchronized.

if i set onlyRecordLastFailure: false then I get the above error

[0-0] 2024-01-23T21:23:15.423Z INFO webdriver: RESULT true
[0-0] 2024-01-23T21:23:15.423Z INFO webdriver: RESULT undefined
[0-0] 2024-01-23T21:23:15.423Z DEBUG @wdio/utils:shim: Finished to run "beforeSuite" hook in 1815ms
[0-0] Error in ""before all" hook in "{root}""
Error: done() called multiple times in hook <"before all" hook in "{root}"> (of root suite); in addition, done() received error: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "paths[0]" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
    at createMultipleDoneError (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\errors.js:428:13)
    at multiple (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runnable.js:290:24)
    at Hook.done [as callback] (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runnable.js:301:14)
    at Runner._uncaught (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runner.js:1011:21)
    at process.emit (node:events:530:35)
    at process.emit (node:domain:488:12)
    at process.emit.sharedData.processEmitHook.installedValue [as emit] (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\@cspotcode\source-map-support\source-map-support.js:745:40)
    at process._fatalException (node:internal/process/execution:178:25)
[0-0] file:///C:/Users/josh/Documents/git/steno/selenium/node_modules/@wdio/reporter/build/index.js:89
[0-0]             hookStats.complete(getErrorsFromEvent(hook));
[0-0]                       ^
[0-0]
[0-0] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'complete')
[0-0]     at VideoReporter.<anonymous> (file:///C:/Users/josh/Documents/git/steno/selenium/node_modules/@wdio/reporter/build/index.js:89:23)
[0-0]     at VideoReporter.emit (node:events:518:28)
[0-0]     at VideoReporter.emit (node:domain:488:12)
[0-0]     at file:///C:/Users/josh/Documents/git/steno/selenium/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/reporter.js:47:56
[0-0]     at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
[0-0]     at BaseReporter.emit (file:///C:/Users/josh/Documents/git/steno/selenium/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/reporter.js:47:25)
[0-0]     at MochaAdapter.emit (file:///C:/Users/josh/Documents/git/steno/selenium/node_modules/@wdio/mocha-framework/build/index.js:162:24)
[0-0]     at Runner.emit (node:events:530:35)
[0-0]     at Runner.emit (node:domain:488:12)
[0-0]     at Runner.fail (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runner.js:453:8)
[0-0]     at Hook.<anonymous> (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runner.js:494:14)
[0-0]     at Hook.emit (node:events:518:28)
[0-0]     at Hook.emit (node:domain:488:12)
[0-0]     at multiple (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runnable.js:290:10)
[0-0]     at Hook.done [as callback] (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runnable.js:301:14)
[0-0]     at Runner._uncaught (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\mocha\lib\runner.js:1011:21)
[0-0]     at process.emit (node:events:530:35)
[0-0]     at process.emit (node:domain:488:12)
[0-0]     at process.emit.sharedData.processEmitHook.installedValue [as emit] (C:\Users\josh\Documents\git\steno\selenium\node_modules\@cspotcode\source-map-support\source-map-support.js:745:40)
[0-0]     at process._fatalException (node:internal/process/execution:178:25)
[0-0]
[0-0] Node.js v20.11.0
2024-01-23T21:23:15.472Z DEBUG @wdio/local-runner: Runner 0-0 finished with exit code 7
[0-0] FAILED in chrome - file:///C:/Users/josh/Documents/git/steno/selenium/test/specs/ops-header.e2e.ts (3 retries)
2024-01-23T21:23:15.473Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerEnd hook
2024-01-23T21:23:15.473Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onComplete hook
OK

Spec Files:      0 passed, 3 retries, 1 failed, 1 total (100% completed) in 00:01:05     

my reporters section in wdio.conf.ts:

reporters: [
        // "spec",
        [
            video,
            {
                saveAllVideos: false, // If true, also saves videos for successful test cases
                videoSlowdownMultiplier: 1, // Higher to get slower videos, lower for faster videos [Value 1-100]
                outputDir: TEST_ARTIFACTS_DIR,
                videoRenderTimeout: 60, // Max seconds to wait for a video to finish rendering
                screenshotIntervalSecs: 3,
                onlyRecordLastFailure: false,
            },
        ],        
    ],

[b3kN]

I was running into this issue as well and was able to find a fix by updating the outputDir details. I have another hotfix prepared to have a fallback in the instance where the outputDir is not set in capabilities nor the reporter configuration.

With this implemented, I have been able to use the screenshots effectively and linked up the results with the nice-html reporter.

Here are the configurations I have ended with:

reporters: [
        'spec',
        ['video', {
            saveAllVideos: true,
            videoSlowdownMultiplier: 1,
            screenshotIntervalSecs: 0.5,
            outputDir: './reports/html-reports',
        }],
        ['html-nice', {
            outputDir: './reports/html-reports/',
            filename: 'report.html',
            reportTitle: 'Test Report Title',
            linkScreenshots: true,
            //to show the report in a browser when done
            showInBrowser: false,
            collapseTests: true,
            //to turn on screenshots after every test must be false to use video
            useOnAfterCommandForScreenshot: false,
            produceJson: false,
            produceHtml: true
        }],
    ],

[brickfungus]

FWIW Mine is now working after version 5.1.4