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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ray99 to c/pop_os
 

The Pop! os screenshot tool works fine, but the screencast video is not working correctly as of late. How do I repair this?

It either records nothing (zero kb) or part a file. Or if I use it once then it refuses to do any more, so 3 errors in total. See video link, it was 15 seconds but recorded less before it stopped.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wkv94ywqj1ymgt1p4pnw1/Screencast-from-14-07-23-08-01-38.webm?rlkey=5u52orh4xoyxfgwnjrwob7k3a&dl=0

I have basic terminal ability to asist.

By the way the image is not mine it is just for reference.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pop is using wayland, you can test if it is a wayland issue by changing the session to classic gnome at the login screen after selecting user and before entering password, the cog changes the session, i believe classic gnome is still an option.

Wayland support for gnome screen recorder is still fairly new, so may be buggy. It may be a recent update to pipewire that is causing the issue.

Things may have moved along since this article was written, but says it only supports revording in webm format so check thats set up right. The article also has a list of other wayland compatible screen recorders you can switch to in the interim until gnomes one works for you again.

Im afraid im not technically savvy enough to help more than that, i hope you get it sorted! :)

[–] pnutzh4x0r 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pop is not using Wayland yet ... the current GNOME based DE still uses Xorg. COSMIC, however, will use Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Ah, now im extra confused at why my screen recorders stopped working last year. Was i even using pop? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That should be gnome screen recorder and I believe there's open bugs for this and it's a problem with pipewire? At least https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/5585 looks like what you (and I) get

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago