Unfortunately, there is no built-in option to integrate a webcam into Simple Screen Recorder. FacecamĪdditionally, we can add a webcam view to our video to make it more personal. Recording button every time to start/pause the recording. However, we can set the recording hotkey, so we don’t need to click the Now, we can press the record button and produce our first Linux screen tutorial. In my experience, 128 bitrate works great. Higherīitrate equals higher audio quality. BelowĬodec is bitrate configuration input. Similarly to video encoding, we can configure audio codec, but once again, IĬhoose to go with the default Vorbis encoding since it works the best. Speed, the more load is put on your CPU but smaller file size and vise versa. Next, we got presets which define video encoding speed. It works bestįor me, and I would recommend keeping it. Video propertiesīy default, Simple Screen Recorder uses H.264 video encoding. I recommend using the mp4 format and add timestamps to the file names. Moreover, we can select a video format and whether timestamps should beĪdded to filenames. I would recommend enabling Separate file per segment since this willĪllow you to pause the recording and save each part into a separate file. The next customization window with the following sections:Īs the name implies, here we can choose where and how our videos should be Having configured main video and audio options, click Continue to proceed to In my YouTube setup, I use Samsung Go USB If you choose to have an audio, select source (microphone) Simple Screen Recorder lets you choose whether you would like to have audio in Lastly, you can choose whether you would like Simple Screen Recorder to capture Provides you with the scaling option to scale your video to a higher Specific), feel free to reduce it to ~30.įurthermore, if you have a low screen resolution, Simple Screen Recorder However, if your machine is not very powerful (CPU to be

I would recommend setting the frame rate to 60 to get a very Simple Screen Recorder willĪutomatically adjust the frame depending on your machine, but you can alwaysĬhange it. Next, we can set a custom video framerate. Rectangleįollowing the cursor and OpenGL are more advanced settings that are used in some niche cases. The entire screen and sometimes a specific part of the screen. I often found myself using the first two options. Simple Screen Recorder offers four recording options: Video input, as the name suggests, is the section for configuring video settings. This can be useful if you need specific recording settings in other The input profile section allows us to have different recording profiles. TheĬonfiguration window is split into three different categories: Window, making it very easy to configure your recording settings. Alternatively, run from the 'LAUNCH' script to use it AS a 'portable.Upon opening the Simple Screen Recorder, you’ll see the main configuration The usual MenuAdd/MenuRemove scripts allow adding a MenuEntry from wherever it's located, should one be wanted. Move the portable's directory anywhere you like, but preferably outside the 'save' And realised straight away that it was a perfect candidate for the 'portable' treatment. I was searching through my archives earlier on today, and re-discovered it. That being the case, I stuck it into storage, and kinda forgot about it.it was a while before I started producing the portables, so I wasn't that interested at the time. That honour goes to recordMyDesktop, which has to be the simplest thing ever to use. It runs flawlessly.though I've never actually done anything with it, because it's not my favourite screen capture app. I found this particular AppImage at AppImageHub, more than four years ago.

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