SimpleScreenRecorder is desktop recorder tool to record games or programs on Linux desktop, it is developed by Maarten Baert and his aim was to develop a program that could fulfill all desktop recorder needs. The program isn't really simple as its name shows off, it has rich features but with straightforward QT-based user interface. This program supports X11 and OpenGL, also support many codecs and file formats.
It allows user to record entire screen (Multi Monitor Support) or part of the screen, or record specific OpenGL application. Recording can be paused/resumed at anytime. It has ability to keep video and audio synchronized, on slower PC it can be done by reducing frames and it has support for multi-threading. For performance improvement and other features see this link.
It allows user to record entire screen (Multi Monitor Support) or part of the screen, or record specific OpenGL application. Recording can be paused/resumed at anytime. It has ability to keep video and audio synchronized, on slower PC it can be done by reducing frames and it has support for multi-threading. For performance improvement and other features see this link.
Features:
- Graphical user interface (Qt-based).
- Faster than VLC and ffmpeg/avconv.
- Records the entire screen or part of it, or records OpenGL applications directly (similar to Fraps on Windows).
- Synchronizes audio and video properly (a common issue with VLC and ffmpeg/avconv).
- Reduces the video frame rate if your computer is too slow (rather than using up all your RAM like VLC does).
- Fully multithreaded: small delays in any of the components will never block the other components, resulting is smoother video and better performance on computers with multiple processors.
- Pause and resume recording at any time (either by clicking a button or by pressing a hotkey).
- Shows statistics during recording (file size, bit rate, total recording time, actual frame rate, ...).
- Can show a preview during recording, so you don't waste time recording something only to figure out afterwards that some setting was wrong.
- Uses libav/ffmpeg libraries for encoding, so it supports many different codecs and file formats (adding more is trivial).
- Can also do live streaming (experimental).
- Sensible default settings: no need to change anything if you don't want to.
- Tooltips for almost everything: no need to read the documentation to find out what something does.
Available for Ubuntu 15.10 Wily/16.04 Xenial/14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 17.x/13/other Ubuntu derivatives
To install Simple Screen Recorder in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
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