FFmpeg for Screencasts and Recording 📹

FFmpeg is a simple command line utility that can do almost any video/audio related task, including recording. I will show you the basics of using FFmpeg for recording and screencasts.
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[@DeepakGautamX]

Most useful and underrated tool - ffmpeg

[@vaibhavpathak2309]

Finally!! A video on ffmpeg that is actually useful and easy to learn. Loved it, make a series out of it.

[@talktodale]

Very helpful! I just needed an overview to get started.

[@long_int]

Great video on ffmpeg. Shows the power of this FOSS software.

[@ambiguoustv7403]

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[@MOOBBreezy]

Great video! I need to experiment with ffmpeg more

[@starymarine]

Peronsally I used ffmpeg to convert raw avi files i made with OBS as my computer is slow and I cannot usually convert on the fly while playing more demanding games yet with time i discovered that it offers so much more and done some basic video editing with it.
Just discovered your channel and it rocks, yet i believe i cannot really go without OBS as my input overlay is for OBS and i do not know any good alternative that works as a standalone program.
Yet it is super fun to know how to do all that stuff with ffmpeg. No questions if it can be done as ffmpeg can do a lot.

[@norbertjanik3323]

Great video! Helped me setup my recording setup.
Quick question: how do you record output sound? E.g. game sound or a video played on PC.

[@brycevandegrift]

You can find documentation for that here if you use PulseAudio: trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/PulseAudio

[@safajordan8012]

How can we have it set to automatically play multiple live streams of pre recorded videos on specific times without our intervention?

[@menoktaokan]

this is huge

[@gregorywpower]

ffplay is also pretty snazzy. 😎

[@brett6035]

x.265 and x.264, are a couple of the more common video codecs.

[@hoatranquang8376]

Dear Bryce Vandegrift,
I had build Video application Assuming that, i have 1000 client downloading video at the same time.
Now, i should use which tool to test download my app from client to measure performance and load of server
Thanks.

[@lain_os5385]

It is also good for live streaming

[@osascaino]

how about recording desktop audio with ffmpeg + alsa? i.e, record a song playing from your desktop

[@a.d.v.8592]

is there an easy way to capture a specific window?

[@teapot401]

I am using an unofficial aarch64 port of Arch GNU/Linux. I knew FFMPEG since 5th grade and it was great. I also used FFMPEG to interpret raw data as video data. However it is a little bit confusing, X11GRAB is not found, how to fix that? Its also not found when I run pacman -S x11grab. Please help

[@FurqanHun]

x11grab only works if you system is using x11, you check it using "echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE" if it says "x11" then it should work, if it says "wayland" then you should replace "x11grab" with "wlgrab" or if your system is using something else you can search for it on internet

[@passord1d493]

btw i love your videos, but can you make some videos about openage?

[@brycevandegrift]

What is Openage?

[@arnabbanik6403]

How do you get that live webcam while screen recording? Is it ffplay?

[@brycevandegrift]

I use mpv to open my webcam as a window (with a few extra settings).

[@arnabbanik6403]

​@@brycevandegrift could you tell me what options you use? I use mpv /dev/video0 and it is always way too laggy to be used and also the fps is stuck at 10

[@brycevandegrift]

@@arnabbanik6403 This is what I use: git.sr.ht/~bpv/dotfiles/tree/master/item/.local/bin/webcam

[@ValenteEspinosa]

Now if you know how to add to the audio input (microphone) some compressor, limiter, equalizer filters using ffmpeg, I will quit OBS altogether, 😀

[@brycevandegrift]

FFmpeg does have compressor, limiter, and equalizer filters.
ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html

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[@iustinraznic5811]

luke smith clone?

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[@Attraktor63]

Enjoyed the video. However, try not saying the word "actually" so much. I can't count how many times you said it. Try not using that word at all. It is superfluous just like when EVERYONE is saying "literally" nowadays. It's a bad habit and annoying.
Thanks.

[@skrajina8037]

bro u got telegram? i need to contact you

[@brycevandegrift]

I don't use Telegram.

[@skrajina8037]

@@brycevandegrift discord or something?

[@brycevandegrift]

@@skrajina8037 You can email me if you want. You can find my contact info here: brycevandegrift.xyz