com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder
This is a screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording a monitor using the GPU only, similar to shadowplay on windows. This is the fastest screen recording tool for Linux. This screen recorder works with both X11 and Wayland.
This screen recorder can be used for recording your desktop offline, for live streaming and for nvidia-like instant replay, where only the last few minutes are saved.
Supported video codecs:
- H264 (default on Intel)
- HEVC (default on AMD and NVIDIA)
- AV1 (not currently supported on NVIDIA in the flatpak)
Supported audio codecs:
- Opus (default)
- AAC
- FLAC
Videos are in variable framerate format. Very out of date video players might have an issue playing such videos. It's recommend to use MPV to play such videos, otherwise you might experience stuttering in the video. You can select constant frame rate mode in advanced view if you need it.
Recording a monitor requires (restricted) root access which means that you have to install GPU Screen Recorder system-wide: flatpak install flathub --system com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder
and pkexec needs to be installed on the system and a polkit agent needs to be running.
If H264/HEVC video encoding option is not available on your AMD/Intel system but you know that your supports those codecs then you may need to install mesa-extra freedesktop runtime by running this command: flatpak install --system org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default//23.08-extra
Recording a single window is also only possible on X11. Hotkeys are not supported on wayland either (wayland doesn't really support this). Use X11 if you want a proper desktop experience in general.
AV1 is currently not supported in the flatpak for Nvidia since GPU Screen Recorder uses an older ffmpeg version to support older Nvidia cards. Install GPU Screen Recorder from source or from AUR if you want to use AV1 on Nvidia.
On some Intel integrated GPUs the video can appear glitched when recording on Wayland. The only known workaround at the moment is to record on X11.
Latest reviews
Its amazing. Very fast, video quality is great. Does not overload my GPU, i didn't notice any performance impact while gaming and recording. I have few suggestions / improvements to the author if he is reading this. It would be great to have recording overlay indicator (in a form of a red dot in one of the corners of the screen that will not get recorded), or at least different sounds when starting to record and when stopping the recording. Additionally it would be awesome if we could record only game sound and not discord conversation with my teammates, it makes uploading to youtube very hard if every single part of our conversation is recorded. Awesome app! Thanks dev!
Worked exactly as intended for me without any setup. Using LMDE 6. If it'd had the ability to record my microphone aswell, it would have replaced my whole current recording setup.
Works for me (on LM 21 Vanessa). It stopped after GPU driver update but after reinstalling screen recorder it's up again.
Had some trouble with audio, but once I got it sorted everything works well. I wish there was an option to enable the replay automatically during system boot, because it's hard to remember to launch it every time I want to play a game.
Funktioniert nicht. Lediglich eine Fehlermeldung, wenn ich versuche, eine Aufnahme zu starten. Unter "The fastest screen recorder" hatte ich etwas anderes verstanden als fastest screen recorder im Ausgeben von Errors.
Thank you!!! Making replays on Linux has always been a pain when it comes to gaming, people always just say use OBS, but it uses more resources than it should. This app has now made me fully switch to Linux because now I can create clips in my games without any stutters or drops in my fps. This is a lifesaver!
It's working better than OBS, lowest cpu usage. Waiting for new updates!
Sorry - it never worked for me. As soon as I click 'Record' it records for a second or two and then stops. Uninstalled.