Screencasting/recording in Ubuntu with pan and zoom

I want to be able to zoom in to a window (say terminal) while recording my screen in such a way that the recorder video is not “shaky” (doesn’t follow mouse when zoomed in) Something like this YouTube video. How can I do this in newer versions of Ubuntu? Answer I think this is available … Read more

How can I record my screen?

How can I record my screen on Ubuntu? The app I’m looking for has ideally all of these features: Can record in a format that can be played back easily on any platform and/or accepted by YouTube or another popular video site Can record just a window (instead of the whole screen), possibly selecting it … Read more

How can I record my screen?

How can I record my screen on Ubuntu? The app I’m looking for has ideally all of these features: Can record in a format that can be played back easily on any platform and/or accepted by YouTube or another popular video site Can record just a window (instead of the whole screen), possibly selecting it … Read more

Lag when recording with xvidcap?

I used Xvidcap to record my desktop, but the quality of video was too bad (it lagged so much). I also tried with all output formats that xvidcap support, increase the frame-per-second as much as possible and the quality always at 100% but nothing changed. Click to see my video on Youtube I’m using 11.04 … Read more

Visually monitor area of a window in background

Is there a possibility to define a monitor area within/over an arbitrary application window that is in background? The content of this area either should be displayed somewhere else (always on top). Alternatively a notification should be made on any (pixel) change within the monitored area. The monitor area should: be a free selection stick … Read more

OBS Studio – Blank Screen problem on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

I installed OBS Studio from Ubuntu Software Center. I get the following error: It looks like you haven’t added any video sources yet, so you will only be outputting a blank screen. Are you sure you want to do this? Graphics card info: reyansh@acer:~$ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device … Read more

how do I video-record a narrated powerpoint-like pdf presentation?

The title is pretty self-explanatory: I have a pdf version of a powerpoint-like presentation (created with latex and beamer, not that it matters). I would like to record a video presentation of me narrating over it. I used to do this with camtasia in windows, but for some reason camtasia no longer works for me. … Read more

Ctrl+alt+shift+R for recording not working Ubuntu 20.10

I tried to record but nothing happens on doing the keyboard shortcut. I changed the shortcut and tried again but nothing happened Anyone else having this too? Answer This is a known bug in Ubuntu. See here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1901391 You can find some background information on this issue here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/3329 As workaround you could use an … Read more

Record my desktop in mp4 format

How do I record my desktop interaction (video) and audio directly in MP4 format? I have Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Answer Use the following command: ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/audio -f x11grab -s 1280×1024 -r 3 -aq 50 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mp4 This records both sound and video of my screen. I have an attached monitor, so … Read more