**rixx 🏴** @rixx · 2018-06-17T13:51:51Z

rixx 🏴 @rixx

What do I want to use to make a short video/gif of me using my browser? I only want to record the contents of the page, no need to see the nav bar or the tabs. Preferably #firefox, #chrome works too though.

Jun 17, 2018, 13:51 · Web · 1 · 1

**Aaron** @aaron · Jun 17, 2018, 13:58

**Aaron** @aaron · Jun 17, 2018, 13:58

@rixx vokoscreen! http://www.kohaupt-online.de/hp/

**Raphael** @rami · Jun 17, 2018, 13:59

**Raphael** @rami · Jun 17, 2018, 13:59

@rixx gtk-recordMyDesktop ist simpel und tut okay

**rixx 🏴** @rixx · Jun 17, 2018, 14:07

**rixx 🏴** @rixx · Jun 17, 2018, 14:07

@rami Das macht bei mir grad sehr weirde Sachen im i3.

**Raphael** @rami · Jun 17, 2018, 14:18

**Raphael** @rami · Jun 17, 2018, 14:18

@rixx hmm, bei mir gings irgendwie, aber ist länger her.

**elomatreb** @elomatreb@social.elomatreb.eu · Jun 17, 2018, 14:10

**elomatreb** @elomatreb@social.elomatreb.eu · Jun 17, 2018, 14:10

@rixx ffmpeg kann ein X-Fenster oder eine Region aufnehmen, funktionert recht gut (aber hab den Befehl gerade nicht griffbereit)

**🇪🇺 David Ross 🇬🇧** @david_ross@mastodon.social · Jun 17, 2018, 15:13

**🇪🇺 David Ross 🇬🇧** @david_ross@mastodon.social · Jun 17, 2018, 15:13

@rixx https://github.com/foss-project/green-recorder

**TabascoEye** @TabascoEye · Jun 17, 2018, 16:04

**TabascoEye** @TabascoEye · Jun 17, 2018, 16:04

@rixx Internet sagt peek oder byzanz auf Linux

**rash** @rash · Jun 17, 2018, 20:00

**rash** @rash · Jun 17, 2018, 20:00

@rixx ich nehme meistens peek, zusammen mit compton (was meinem awesome automagisch das benötigte compositionfeature gibt)

**Clemens Hopfer** @datacop · Jun 18, 2018, 08:54

**Clemens Hopfer** @datacop · Jun 18, 2018, 08:54

@rixx iirc Firefox can do screenshots and screen records out of the box. No gif stitching though, but I'm not sure of any tool that does that out of the box.

**rixx 🏴** @rixx · Jun 18, 2018, 09:00

**rixx 🏴** @rixx · Jun 18, 2018, 09:00

@datacop @luto I didn't manage to produce a gif in the end, but vokoscreen is great for building mkvs (or mp4s? idk) even with tiling wms and all. Firefox can take screenshots out of the box (which is great btw), but can't record afaik.

**MacLemon** @MacLemon · Jun 18, 2018, 08:59

**MacLemon** @MacLemon · Jun 18, 2018, 08:59

@rixx I know of the ultimate solution but that is not available on your platform of choice. :-/
When in doubt, record full screen and crop afterwards. There must be some primitive video editing software to do that. (Maybe even something a little more visual than ffmpeg(1).)

**rixx 🏴** @rixx · Jun 18, 2018, 09:01

**rixx 🏴** @rixx · Jun 18, 2018, 09:01

@MacLemon vokoscreen is really cool and could do everything I wanted to. Produced an mkv or mp4 I think, which was good enough for my purposes, and not as huge as a giv at that scale.

**MacLemon** @MacLemon · Jun 18, 2018, 09:09

**MacLemon** @MacLemon · Jun 18, 2018, 09:09

@rixx I'll look at it. Gotta brush up my FOSS application knowledge anyway. :-)
Claquette on macOS is pure magic. Records full screen with all compositing information. Then let's you select a portion of the screen or even a window to export video/agif (and I beliefe apng). Even if that window was obstructed by another one, you get an unobstructed recording. (Like a notification popping up while you record.)

**MacLemon** @MacLemon · Jun 18, 2018, 09:26

**MacLemon** @MacLemon · Jun 18, 2018, 09:26

@rixx Mind droppung me that video somewhere? I'd like to see what I can achieve with cimpressiin and even gif export out of curiosity.