Record your Linux desktop from the command line
If you do not wish to install a dedicated application for recording your desktop, you can do it with this one-liner:
ffmpeg -f x11grab -s wxga -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq /home/user/out.mpg
All you need is have ffmpeg already installed (and most systems do). Navigate to /home/user and you’ll find you MPEG video file there.
This command writes video only, if you want to add audio recording.
use
oss-i / dev/dsp0
or
oss-i / dev/dsp1
depending on your audio configuration.
For me works with dsp1.
Sorry my English.
ffmpeg -f x11grab -s wxga -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq /home/mintylinux/out.mov
It works, I changed it to mov file as mpg had buffer errors.
SergioJP I would like to use the audio option, but I’m not sure how to input it into command line. Every time I try I just get weird errors and doesn’t work. Like this
“[x11grab @ 0x9e31aa0] Could not open X display.
oss-i: Input/output error”