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Am I limited if I use ffmpeg for screen recording? (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all, I want to do some screen recording on my linux desktop. And like a normal-functioning member of society, I decided to do it the hardest way and learn ffmpeg CLI to do it. Why? well, something about using underlying tools and customizing their usage excites me.

I have already started doing this, and I am finding I have to do a lot of trial and error to get things right. Before I dive deeper, I want to ask: Am I limiting myself in doing this? Is there anything I could be missing out on taking this route, or something that ffmpeg could not do on its own that a dedicated solution can?

What will I use this for exactly? well, things like recording a video game as I play it (which I suppose will require hardware acceleration to be of viable quality), or recording a tutorial (requiring voice input from mic), things like that.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Surprisingly, VLC has a simple screen recording feature in the GUI. Record by screen or by individual app.

VLC also has a very comprehensive cli.

vlc -H gives almost every possible option with useful descriptions of them You can configure everything to your needs. Inputs, outputs, framerate, audio and video encoders, muxers, filters, network live stream or to file or both, in the background, etc. Everything

GUI

One page of the advanced settings options (using the -H option gives me 60 full pages of options in this portrait format)