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@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ gtk frontend for [gpu-screen-recorder](https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/). -This screen recorder can be used for recording your desktop offline, for live streaming and for nvidia-like instant replay, +This is a screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording a window using the GPU only, +similar to shadowplay on windows. This is the fastest screen recording tool for Linux. + +This screen recorder can be used for recording your desktop offline, for live streaming and for nvidia shadowplay-like instant replay, where only the last few seconds are saved. +More info at [gpu-screen-recorder](https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/). + ## Note +This software works only on x11.\ Recording a window doesn't work when using picom in glx mode. However it works in xrender mode or when recording the a monitor/screen (which uses NvFBC).\ -Does not work when using gtk client side decorations (such as on Pop OS). Either disable those (if possible), install gtk-nocsd or record the whole monitor/screen if you have NvFBC.\ -NvFBC doesn't work with PRIME, so if you are using PRIME then you can't record the monitor/screen, you have to record a single window.\ - -All recording modes record in hevc (h265) in a mp4 format, except live streaming that records in h264 in a flv format. +For screen capture to work with PRIME (laptops with a nvidia gpu), you must set the primary GPU to use your dedicated nvidia graphics card. You can do this by selecting "NVIDIA (Performance Mode) in nvidia settings:\ +\ +and then rebooting your laptop. ## Installation This program depends on [gpu-screen-recorder](https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/) which needs to be installed first.\ |