Gpu-screen-recorder: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:43, 21 July 2025

gpu-screen-recorder is a screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording your monitor using the GPU only, similar to ShadowPlay on Windows.

Supported codecs

Video

H264 (default on Intel)
HEVC (default on AMD and NVIDIA)
AV1

Audio

Opus (default)
AAC
FLAC

Installation

  programs.gpu-screen-recorder.enable = true; # For promptless recording on both CLI and GUI

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    gpu-screen-recorder-gtk # GUI app
  ];

Troubleshooting

libnvidia-fbc.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The possibility of this error arising exists if you possess an NVIDIA graphics card, as the package does not include the NVIDIA X11 libraries in its wrapper by default.

Make sure your drivers are installed.
Install the missing the NVENC patch for your card. nvidia-patch is a great overlay which you can use
Override the package build inputs and add the library to the wrapper.

{
  environment.systemPackages = [
    (pkgs.runCommand "gpu-screen-recorder" {
      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
    } ''
      mkdir -p $out/bin
      makeWrapper ${pkgs.gpu-screen-recorder}/bin/gpu-screen-recorder $out/bin/gpu-screen-recorder \
        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${pkgs.libglvnd}/lib \
        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidia_x11}/lib
    '')
  ];
}

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 == Installation ==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+  programs.gpu-screen-recorder.enable = true; # For promptless recording on both CLI and GUI
    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    gpu-screen-recorder # CLI
+     gpu-screen-recorder-gtk # GUI app
-     gpu-screen-recorder-gtk # GUI
    ];
 </syntaxhighlight>
@@ Line 30: / Line 31: @@
 # Make sure your [[Nvidia|drivers]] are installed.
 # Install the missing the NVENC patch for your card.  [https://github.com/icewind1991/nvidia-patch-nixos nvidia-patch] is a great overlay which you can use
-# Override the package build inputs and add the library to the wrapper.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+# Override the package build inputs and add the library to the wrapper.
-     (gpu-screen-recorder.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-       buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-        xorg.libXcomposite
+{
-        libpulseaudio
+  environment.systemPackages = [
-        ffmpeg
+     (pkgs.runCommand "gpu-screen-recorder" {
-        wayland
+       nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
-        libdrm
+    } ''
-        libva
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
-        xorg.libXrandr
+      makeWrapper ${pkgs.gpu-screen-recorder}/bin/gpu-screen-recorder $out/bin/gpu-screen-recorder \
-        linuxKernel.packages.linux_xanmod_stable.nvidia_x11
-      ];
-      postInstall = ''
-        install -Dt $out/bin gpu-screen-recorder gsr-kms-server
-        mkdir $out/bin/.wrapped
-        mv $out/bin/gpu-screen-recorder $out/bin/.wrapped/
-        makeWrapper "$out/bin/.wrapped/gpu-screen-recorder" "$out/bin/gpu-screen-recorder" \
          --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${pkgs.libglvnd}/lib \
-         --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${pkgs.linuxKernel.packages.linux_xanmod_stable.nvidia_x11}/lib \
+         --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidia_x11}/lib
-        --prefix PATH : $out/bin
+    '')
-      '';
+  ];
-    }))
+}
 </syntaxhighlight>
+[[Category:Applications]]