Arch Linux: Desktop Recording
Posted on January 1, 2015
The RecordMyDesktop
is a screencasting software that can be used to record the desktop activity…
Installation
In Arch Linux, the installation is pretty straightforward:
$ pacman -S recordmydesktop
recordMyDesktop is a CLI tool but there are two GUI interfaces available:
$ pacman -S community/gtk-recordmydesktop
$ pacman -S community/qt-recordmydesktop
Usage
The following script can be used:
#!/bin/bash
x=138
y=335
WIDTH=584
HEIGHT=416
WORKDIR=/path/to/directory
OUTPUTFILE=/path/to/directory/file.ogv
AUDIODEVICE=pulse
recordmydesktop -x $x -y $y \
--width $WIDTH \
--height $HEIGHT \
--workdir $WORKDIR \
-o $OUTPUTFILE \
--on-the-fly-encoding \
--no-wm-check \
--device $AUDIODEVICE \
--channels 2 \
--freq 44100
For more information, the Arch Wiki is my friend.