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| author | dec05eba <dec05eba@protonmail.com> | 2023-06-07 19:30:39 +0200 |
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| committer | dec05eba <dec05eba@protonmail.com> | 2023-06-07 19:30:39 +0200 |
| commit | 66dbfe69a451b32cceae7bcb1e27db99f27e4450 (patch) | |
| tree | 433391e47feb1354a581cc15651ba0e8ce0d7cdb | |
| parent | 7e2ade27a742ea3f8b4989f47c8e147f4bd261ae (diff) | |
Mention that only h264/hevc is supported at the moment
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/main.cpp | 2 |
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ where only the last few seconds are saved. ## Note This software works only on X11 (Wayland with Xwayland is NOT supported).\ -If you are using a variable refresh rate monitor then choose to record "screen-direct-force". This will allow variable refresh rate to work when recording fullscreen applications. Note that some applications such as mpv will not work in fullscreen mode. A fix is being developed for this. +If you are using a variable refresh rate monitor then choose to record "screen-direct-force". This will allow variable refresh rate to work when recording fullscreen applications. Note that some applications such as mpv will not work in fullscreen mode. A fix is being developed for this.\ +GPU Screen Recorder only supports h264 and hevc codecs at the moment which means that webm files are not supported. ### TEMPORARY ISSUES 1) screen-direct capture has been temporary disabled as it causes issues with stuttering. This might be a nvfbc bug. 2) Recording the monitor on steam deck might fail sometimes. This happens even when using ffmpeg directly. This might be a steam deck driver bug. Recording a single window doesn't have this issue. @@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ Support vp8/vp9/av1. This is especially important on amd which on some distros ( Support screen (all monitors) capture on amd/intel when no combined plane is found. Use separate plane (which has offset and pitch) from combined plane instead of the combined plane. -Different streaming sites have limits on bitrate, resolution, etc. For twitch, this is a good place to look: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/broadcasting-guidelines?language=en_US. For youtube, the information is available here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2853702?hl=en#zippy=%2Cvariable-bitrate-with-custom-stream-keys-in-live-control-room%2Ck-p-fps%2Cp-fps (youtube supports variable bitrate).
\ No newline at end of file +Both twitch and youtube support variable bitrate but twitch recommends constant bitrate to reduce stream buffering/dropped frames when going from low motion to high motion: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/broadcasting-guidelines?language=en_US. Info for youtube: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2853702?hl=en#zippy=%2Cvariable-bitrate-with-custom-stream-keys-in-live-control-room%2Ck-p-fps%2Cp-fps.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp index 9515d8d..5da59ab 100644 --- a/src/main.cpp +++ b/src/main.cpp @@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ static void usage_full() { fprintf(stderr, "\n"); fprintf(stderr, " -c Container format for output file, for example mp4, or flv. Only required if no output file is specified or if recording in replay buffer mode.\n"); fprintf(stderr, " If an output file is specified and -c is not used then the container format is determined from the output filename extension.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, " Only containers that support h264 or hevc are supported, which means that only mp4, mkv, flv (and some others) are supported.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, " WebM is not supported yet.\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); fprintf(stderr, " -s The size (area) to record at in the format WxH, for example 1920x1080. This option is only supported (and required) when -w is \"focused\".\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); |