Mini Screen Recorder

It's an open-source screen and audio recorder for Windows and Linux.

Features

Select theme
Set frame rate
Set bitrate
Choose video codec
Select output format
Select audio device
Select recording area
Support for multiple monitors
Multi-language support

Video Demo

Just a simple gameplay recorded with this app. Click the badge to watch the video:

Requirements to run the application

Windows Users

If you download the packaged .exe file from the Releases section, you do not need to install Python, FFmpeg, or any additional libraries. Everything is included in the executable.

Linux Users

You need to have Python 3.x and FFmpeg installed on your system, beside the additional libraries.

As you suspect, the main file to run the app on Linux it's miniscreenrecorderLinux.py.

To run this app you must install these libraries

For Linux (Debian), run this in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install python3
sudo apt install python3-pip
pip install pillow mss numpy opencv-python screeninfo
sudo apt-get install python3-pil.imagetk

How to install FFmpeg for Linux (Debian)

Update the package index:
```
sudo apt update
```
Install FFmpeg:
```
sudo apt install ffmpeg
```
Verify the installation:
```
ffmpeg -version
```

Known issues

Warning about User Account Control

To prevent Windows UAC prompts from interrupting recording, you should select the second-to-last option, which says Notify me only when apps try to make changes to my computer (do not dim my desktop). Or, if you want, completely disable it.

Sometimes, the recording is not as smooth as I would like it to be.

Well, there are several experimental settings in the application, but the configuration that gives the best results is with the libx264 codec and the mkv format.

Why can't I record the system audio?

Just activate the Stero Mix in the sound settings (in the Recording tab you can find it).

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

lextrack/MiniScreenRecorder