Gpu-screen-recorder: Difference between revisions

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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)
HEVC (Optionally with HDR)
AV1 (Optionally with HDR)
VP8
VP9

Audio

Opus (default)
AAC

Installation

  programs.gpu-screen-recorder = {
    enable = true;
    ui.enable = true; # For overlay
  };

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ 
    gpu-screen-recorder-gtk # For 'deprecated' GTK interface
  ];

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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-[https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/about/ 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. It is the fastest screen recording tool for Linux.
+[https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/about/ gpu-screen-recorder] is a screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording your monitor using the GPU only, similar to [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/geforce-experience/shadowplay/ ShadowPlay] on Windows.
 ==== Supported codecs ====
@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 ===== Video =====
-* H264 (default on Intel)
+* H264 (default)
-* HEVC (default on AMD and NVIDIA)
+* HEVC (Optionally with HDR)
-* AV1
+* AV1 (Optionally with HDR)
+* VP8
+* VP9
 ===== Audio =====
@@ Line 13: / Line 15: @@
 * Opus (default)
 * AAC
-* FLAC
 == Installation ==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+  programs.gpu-screen-recorder = {
-    gpu-screen-recorder # CLI
+    enable = true;
-     gpu-screen-recorder-gtk # GUI
+    ui.enable = true; # For overlay
+  };
+   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+     gpu-screen-recorder-gtk # For 'deprecated' GTK interface
    ];
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 # 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]]

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