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From: David Abbott <david@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] using ffmpeg for screen cast
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:50:20
Message-Id: BANLkTi=rZcX3JY9j85Wc0mkcaiuRJ6T7xw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] using ffmpeg for screen cast by Mick
1 On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hi All,
3 >
4 > I was trying to record my desktop using:
5 >
6 > ffmpeg -f x11grab -s xga -r 25 -i :0.0 -aspect 4:3 /tmp/out.mpg
7 >
8 > but the result is rather blurred as you can see in the attached screenshot,
9 > when I play it with mplayer.
10 >
11 > Is there some other option (codec) I should add to improve the quality of the
12 > captured image?
13 > --
14 > Regards,
15 > Mick
16
17 I have used recordmydesktop and received good results;
18 recordmydesktop -device hw:1 --width 1200 --height 800 -x 1900 -y 30 -o test.ogv
19
20 control alt p to pause
21 control alt s to stop
22
23 Adjust to taste that is on a dual screen.
24 HTH
25 David