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@@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ There is also a new alternative UI for GPU Screen Recorder in the style of Shado ## Recording Here is an example of how to record your monitor and the default audio output: `gpu-screen-recorder -w screen -f 60 -a default_output -o ~/Videos/test_video.mp4`. Yyou can stop and save the recording with `Ctrl+C` or by running `killall -SIGINT gpu-screen-recorder`. -You can see a list of monitor names to record if you use an invalid monitor name, for example: `gpu-screen-recorder -w invalid -f 60 -o video.mp4`. +You can see a list of capture options to record if you run `gpu-screen-recorder --list-capture-options`. This will list possible capture options and monitor names, for example:\ +``` + window + DP-1|1920x1080 +``` +in this case you could record a window or a monitor with the name `DP-1`. ## Streaming Streaming works the same as recording, but the `-o` argument should be path to the live streaming service you want to use (including your live streaming key). Take a look at `scripts/twitch-stream.sh` to see an example of how to stream to twitch. ## Replay mode @@ -130,8 +135,9 @@ To record the default input device (microphone) you can use the `default_input` To list all available audio devices run `gpu-screen-recorder --list-audio-devices`. The name to use with GPU Screen Recorder will be on the left side and the human readable name is on the right side.\ To record multiple audio devices to multiple audio tracks specify the `-a` option multiple times, for example `-a default_output -a default_input`.\ To record multiple audio devices into one audio track (merged) specify the `-a` option once split with `|` for each audio device, for example `-a "default_output|default_input"`.\ -In wireplumber the name of the audio will be in the format `gsr-<audio_device>`, but you can change that name by prefixing the audio device with a name and then a forward slash, for example: `-a "name/default_output"`. - +In wireplumber the name of the audio will be in the format `gsr-<audio_device>`, but you can change that name by prefixing the audio device with a name and then a forward slash, for example: `-a "name/default_output"`.\ +You can also record audio from specific applications instead of from audio devices by using the `-aa` option to only record the specified applications or `-aai` to record all applications except the ones provided.\ +To list all available application to record from run `gpu-screen-recorder --list-application-audio`. ## Simple way to run replay without gui Run the script `scripts/start-replay.sh` to start replay and then `scripts/save-replay.sh` to save a replay and `scripts/stop-replay.sh` to stop the replay. The videos are saved to `$HOME/Videos`. You can use these scripts to start replay at system startup if you add `scripts/start-replay.sh` to startup (this can be done differently depending on your desktop environment / window manager) and then go into |