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ffscreencast
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ffscreencast – a screencast CLI-tool with video overlay and multimonitor support
FYI for anyone on OS X Catalina (and likely Big Sur): this doesn't seem to work, as it's not detecting AVFoundation support in ffmpeg. See this issue: https://github.com/cytopia/ffscreencast/issues/31
wf-recorder
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How to screen capture using ffmpeg on wayland?
Try wf-recorder.
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Peek Alternative
The closest thing is probably wf-recorder.
- How can I record my screen with the correct display as input?
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XWayland 22.1 Planned For Release Next Month
The spec is designed to be minimal and it's expected for compositors to work together and add additional features, for example here is the tool for screen recording on wlroots compositors (sway and what most wayland WM's use) https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder, even though most people claim wayland doesn't support screen-recording/screenshotting. We just don't have a universal tool for that that works on all compositors, pipewire however seems to be coming to fill that niche.
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Free Screen Recorder for a very low-end laptop.
If you are on Wayland, wf-recorder Is a good choice .
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This is my "Sway is fantastic" post
As for screen recording, I’ve used wf-recorder (IIRC, not at PC atm) several times the past couple of weeks, works equally well.
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Poor quality when using h264_vaapi and hevc_vaapi to encode screen recording on linux (wayland) with wf-recorder
The issue I'm encountering is described here in more detail (including images).
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Flameshot, powerful screenshot tool, fully support Wayland (able to run on sway)
Wfrecorder [0] is what I use, doesn't have a fancy gui but it just works
0: https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder
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Think Twice Before Abandoning Xorg – Wayland Breaks Everything
A workaround for sharing the whole screen is to use wf-recorder [1], which supports capturing the whole screen, and feeding its output to a virtual V4L2 device using v4l2loopback [2]. Software that is able to capture from a V4L2-compatible webcam (i.e. most) can them capture from the virtual device without knowing anything about Wayland. It's not exactly the most CPU-efficient way of doing things, but if you can afford the cycles it works very well!
[1] https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder
[2] https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
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ffscreencast – a screencast CLI-tool with video overlay and multimonitor support
You want to use wf-recorder. This is in my sway config:
> set $screenrecord wf-recorder -g "$(slurp)" -f ~/screenshots/mov-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S.mp4")
> bindsym Shift+Control+F6 exec $screenrecord
> bindsym Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace exec killall -s SIGINT wf-recorder
Hitting shift-control-f6 will spawn slurp which lets you click and drag to set the area you want to record. This will then launch wf-recorder and record the selected area, saving to ~/screenshots/mov-${date}. You can use ctrl-shift-backspace to kill the recorder and end recording.
https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder
https://github.com/emersion/slurp
What are some alternatives?
ffsend - :mailbox_with_mail: Easily and securely share files from the command line. A fully featured Firefox Send client.
sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor
tools - General purpose tools
peek - Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface
Jitsi Meet - Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.
swaylock - Screen locker for Wayland
wlroots - A modular Wayland compositor library
clipman - A simple clipboard manager for Wayland
grim - Grab images from a Wayland compositor
TimeShift - System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.
obs-studio - OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
vokoscreenNG - vokoscreenNG is a powerful screencast creator in many languages to record the screen, an area or a window (Linux only). Recording of audio from multiple sources is supported. With the built-in camera support, you can make your video more personal. Other tools such as systray, magnifying glass, countdown, timer, Showclick and Halo support will help