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SimpleScreenRecorder, a screen recorder for Linux
http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/
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Record while the audio is muted #838

Open venik212 opened 3 years ago

venik212 commented 3 years ago

This might seem strange, but sometimes I want to record a movie while the sound is muted. However, when I play it back, I want the sound to be on. Is that possible?
It would be even better if one could turn OFF the TV screen which is being recorded during the recording, without compromising the recording. However, since I do not know how SSR works, I have no idea whether this is possible. Thanks for a great program!

MaartenBaert commented 3 years ago

For the audio, you can set up a PulseAudio 'null sink' which acts as a fake speaker (it doesn't actually play anything, but you can record it). You can create it like this:

pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=fake_speaker sink_properties=device.description=fake_speaker

Then use PulseAudio Volume Control to redirect the application you want to record to the fake speaker, and configure SSR to record the monitor of the fake speaker.

For the screen, usually you can switch it off without affecting the recording (because the computer doesn't know that it's turned off).

venik212 commented 3 years ago

Thanks a lot! All I need now is BIGGER (colored?) BUTTONS for the RECORD and SAVE functions (because we use it across the room from our TV), and it will be perfect!

MaartenBaert commented 3 years ago

You can make the user interface text bigger with QT_FONT_DPI:

QT_FONT_DPI=144 simplescreenrecorder

This also makes the buttons bigger.

venik212 commented 3 years ago

Thanks-- works great on my MX Linux machine, but does nothing for my Linux Mint XFCE machine, which is where I REALLY need it...

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You can make the user interface text bigger with QT_FONT_DPI:

QT_FONT_DPI=144 simplescreenrecorder

This also makes the buttons bigger.

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