Difference between revisions of "Take a video from your Linux desktop"
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* start the video recording with the command | * start the video recording with the command | ||
recordmydesktop | recordmydesktop | ||
| + | * the result will be a file e.g. out-1.ogv. To convert it to a more efficient size, use e.g. | ||
| + | [[ffmpeg]] -i out-1.ogv -f mp4 out-1.mp4 | ||
= Record a window only = | = Record a window only = | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 5 July 2015
To record a video from your desktop (like a screenshot, just in video), open a console, then
- decide if your current resolution fits. If it does not, change it using xrandr, e.g.
xrandr -s "640x480"
- install recordmydesktop, in this example for SUSE Linux:
yast -i recordmydesktop
- start the video recording with the command
recordmydesktop
- the result will be a file e.g. out-1.ogv. To convert it to a more efficient size, use e.g.
ffmpeg -i out-1.ogv -f mp4 out-1.mp4
Record a window only
Use xwininfo to find out the window ID, then start recordmydesktop like
recordmydesktop --windowid 0x2400014
