Thanks for all the response, I found a "straight forward" web install instruction for ffmpeg using Debian 10. i wish to use the program for recording zoom events as a guest, does anyone rebut?, Thanks On 9/18/20 7:35 PM, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
Akkana Peck writes:
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Unemcumbered Stable Debian 10 user seeks to encounter compatible screen recorder, fashionably with web cam support. A long time ago (2009) I had success with recordmydesktop: https://shallowsky.com/blog/linux/recordmydesktop.html Unfortunately it hasn't seen any development since then, and I've seen it removed from some package repos due to lack of maintenance. It might still work if you try it though.
If you run GNOME, it should come with a screen recorder built-in. But I haven't used it and can't speak to its usability. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/06/gnome-shell-screen-recorder-ubuntu
Personally I use ffmpeg for this. It's very powerful, if you don't mind digging through some manuals. E.g.,
ffmpeg -video_size 1680x1050 -framerate 30 -f x11grab -i :0.0 \ -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -preset ultrafast output.mkv
For webcams I use a program called video(1) that comes with OpenBSD. But it isn't available for Linux; I'm not sure what you would use there. https://man.openbsd.org/video.1