Linux is an effective operating system, however it’s also highly accessible to a large number of people, thanks to distros including Ubuntu, and the large community of people willing to help newcomers in solving their troubles. You may use Ubuntu for power user functionality, and if you need a destroy, it helps a variety of video games as well. You can do quite a few cool stuffs in Ubuntu, and you would possibly need to expose some of it off. So, if you’re looking for some good Ubuntu screen recorder apps that you can use, here are 5 screen recorders for Ubuntu.
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we tested these screen recording apps on a Parallels virtual machine running Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak.
1. Simple Screen Recorder
Simple Screen Recorder is quite simply one of the best Ubuntu screen recorder a
pps we can use. The app is easy to use, and will gives quickly record your Ubuntu desktop. If we need to record audio along with the screen, the app has an option to enable that as well. we can choose from a number of audio backends, including PulseAudio, and ALSA.
As far-off as recording options go, we get the option to record the entire screen, choose a segment of the screen, and even have Simple Screen Recorder follow your cursor around as we move it. The app also offers the ability to choose the frame rate at which we need to record the video, along with options for scaling the video, and recording the cursor. The app also offers a variety of formats that we can save the recording. we can select from formats such as MKV, MP4, WebM, and others. we can also change the video codec we want the application to use, and set the audio codec, and bitrate as well.
Install Simple Screen Recorder in Ubuntu
Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T), and run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder
[ad type=”banner”]2. recordMyDesktop
recordMyDesktop is another utility that we can use to record your Ubuntu desktop. The app is very simple to use, but it does offer advanced features for people who might be interested in change those settings. With Record My Desktop, we can simply start recording your desktop, and all the system sounds, without having to care about the settings.
However, the app does have an “advanced” button, which will give configure a lot of settings for the screen recording. we can adjust the frame rate for the recording, change the target display. Additionally, the app allows users to enable/disable “on-the-fly encoding“, subsampling, and more. The application can also follow along the user’s cursor while recording, if that setting is enabled.
Install Record My Desktop in Ubuntu
Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T), and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop
3. Vokoscreen
Vokoscreen is another screen recording software for Ubuntu. The app is easy to use, and the default settings are enough to be used directly. If you need more control over the settings for your recording, you can move between the various tabs within the app, and configure settings for the video, audio, as well as enable/disable the webcam, if you have one.
With Vokoscreen, you can configure settings such as the frame rate for the recording, along with choosing the video codec, and the output file format. The app uses MKV as the default, but you can opt for AVI, as well. Vokoscreen also choose the audio codec between libmp3lame, and libvorbis, so you can choose whichever you select.
Install Vokoscreen in Ubuntu
Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T), and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install vokoscreen
4. Screen Recording with FFmpeg
If you’re comfortable with using the command line, you can even use FFmpeg to record your Ubuntu desktop. FFmpeg is also capable of recording audio, using ALSA. The best part about using FFmpeg to record your desktop, is that you can configure it infinitely. Additionally, FFmpeg comes pre-installed on Linux distros like Ubuntu, which means that you don’t need to install anything extra on your system.
To record your screen using FFmpeg, you can use the command below:
When you run this command, FFmpeg will start recording an 800×600 segment of your screen, starting at pixel (10, 10), at 25 frames per second, and save it as “output.mp4” in your current working directory. You can check your working directory with the “pwd” command.
When you want to stop recording, just press “q”, and FFmpeg will stop recording. You can then playback your recording, which will be saved as “output.mp4”.
Note:
ffmpeg -video_size 800×600 -framerate 25 -f x11grab -i :0.0+10,10 output.mp4
5. Peek
Peek is a screen recorder for Ubuntu, that converts the screen recordings it takes, into GIF files. The app doesn’t have any advanced configuration options. but, we can adjust the frame rate of the recorded GIF by going to the app’s preferences. Additionally, we can set the delay for the app to start recording, after the record button is clicked.
Other than that, the app doesn’t offer any extra configuration options, but it is definitely an easy method to create GIFs from your Ubuntu desktop.
Install Peek in Ubuntu
- Download the .deb file for Peek, and open it in Software Centre.
- Click on “Install”, and the app will be installed on your Ubuntu system.