#UBUNTU RECORD SCREENCAST MP4#
#UBUNTU RECORD SCREENCAST INSTALL#
#UBUNTU RECORD SCREENCAST FULL#

#UBUNTU RECORD SCREENCAST MP4#

Once the tool is installed, you can easily convert the file to a regular MP4 file with the following command (replace input_file.mp4 and output_file.mp4): ffmpeg -y -i input_file.mp4 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -strict experimental -tune fastdecode -pix_fmt yuv420p -b:a 192k -ar 48000 output_file.mp4 You can do this as well in Windows, but you need to download manually the installer of FFMPEG and then add the directory to the PATH environment variable. The only solution is to encode the MP4 file with a regular codec using FFMPEG in Ubuntu, before using the file in Windows. Solution (encode file to mp4 with regular libx264)

#UBUNTU RECORD SCREENCAST FULL#

To easiest way to solve this issue is to re-encode the MP4 file/or other format again into MP4 but with FFMPEG using the regular libx264 codec. Record your full screen or select the area youd like to record. The problem lies basically on the codecs of the video generated by Kazam, Kazam's codecs are quite straight forward (H.264). But, when i return to the Ubuntu environment, the file can be played without any problem. I even tried to play the file in other player but it doesn't work in Windows. The file can't be played, so there's no preview available, sound or peaks, nothing. For my surprise when i tried to edit the video in Sony Vegas 13 in Windows: mp4 file into a USB and turned off my computer with Windows. Once the video was generated, i was able to play it in Ubuntu without any problem and it looked pretty smooth. The program is really simple and is easy to use, so the screen recording wasn't a problem for me.

#UBUNTU RECORD SCREENCAST INSTALL#

This utility can be easily installed with: sudo apt-get install kazam sudo rm -rf /.cache/gstreamer-1.0 OR rm -rf /.cache/gstreamer-1. Open the terminal app using ctrl+alt+t keys and run below command. When you hit the record hotkey, you should see a recording icon at the top-right of the toolbar. When you hit the same hotkey again, the screencasting is ended and saved. It automatically starts recording the entire screen. Optionally you can record sound from any sound input device that is supported and visible by PulseAudio. Solve Ubuntu Screencast Error or Fix Record Desktop Screen Video problem: Now you can easily fix the not recording the desktop problem by deleting the cached gstreamer directory. Ubuntu comes with a native screen recorder which is triggered when you hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R. Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video file that can be played by any video player that supports VP8/WebM video format. This forced me to install a new useful utility named Kazam to record the screen. Is there a default settings somewhere for that Or is it a bug Before on Ubuntu 17.04 I used gtk-recordmydesktop but now it won't launch. The other day, during the recording of a videotutorial for our YouTube channel, i needed to record the video directly from an Ubuntu operative system, not from a Virtual Machine. Ubuntu Desktop Guide > Tips & tricks says that we can start and stop a screencast by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R.

Ubuntu record screencast