Unable to record: ffmpeg error

[Nicolas01]

Here is my output when I start green-recorder

/bin/sh: xdpyinfo: command not found
aserver aserver.c:1033:(main) you need to specify server name
E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

Here is my output when I start the recording

1
ffmpeg version 3.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 6.3.1 (GCC) 20170306
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static --disable-stripping --enable-avisynth --enable-avresample --enable-fontconfig --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgsm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxvid --enable-netcdf --enable-shared --enable-version3
  libavutil      55. 58.100 / 55. 58.100
  libavcodec     57. 89.100 / 57. 89.100
  libavformat    57. 71.100 / 57. 71.100
  libavdevice    57.  6.100 / 57.  6.100
  libavfilter     6. 82.100 /  6. 82.100
  libavresample   3.  5.  0 /  3.  5.  0
  libswscale      4.  6.100 /  4.  6.100
  libswresample   2.  7.100 /  2.  7.100
  libpostproc    54.  5.100 / 54.  5.100
:0: Invalid argument
ffmpeg not running for some reason. Up you can see the output of ffmpeg.

I am on Archlinux. When I installed green-record with the AUR package, I had to remove the xorg-utils dependency because it no longer exists.

[mhsabbagh]

Oh, now that's a problem. Green Recorder depends on xdpyinfo in order to retrieve information about the screen. If you removed the xorg-utils package, you won't be able to use the program.

@unixfox Do you know anything about why xorg-utils package was removed from Arch and how we can find an alternative for it in order to include it in the AUR package?

[unixfox]

xorg-server-utils and xorg-utils too (I think) were removed from AUR and migrate as a meta package, source: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/69r15f/xorgserverutils_removed/dh8rl34/ So I removed yesterday this package from the dependencies of the package green-recorder-git.

EDIT: I just added the package xorg-xdpyinfo on the dependencies. @Nicolas01 Can you try to reinstall the package from AUR or install the package xorg-xdpyinfo?

[Nicolas01]

@mhsabbagh , @unixfox , thanks a lot for your explanation and your fix. I managed to install green-recorder with the updated package from AUR and it works smoothly!

[mhsabbagh]

Thanks @unixfox and @Nicolas01 :-)