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How to record your Linux desktop to a mkv file with ffmpeg.

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Record your Linux desktop to a video file and showcase it on Youtube

To get a simple desktop recording of your Linux desktop for teaching purposes or any other use, just follow this guide. This command below. will record a high-quality video file of your Linux desktop to an MKV file. It will automatically get the desktop resolution.

ffmpeg -f x11grab -s `xdpyinfo  | grep -oP 'dimensions:\s+\K\S+'` -r 29 -i :0.0 -vcodec libx264 -threads 8 `date "+%Y-%H-%M.mkv"`

Here is a sample desktop recording made with this simple one-liner.

Sample desktop recording..

To convert the recording to a WEBM file, use this command.

ffmpeg -i 2017-07-54.mkv -c:v libvpx -crf 30 -b:v 4M -c:a libvorbis output.webm

This creates a high-quality conversion to place on a website.


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