SIMPLESCREENRECORDER(1)

💖 SIMPLESCREENRECORDER 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for simplescreenrecorder — a feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL, and honestly? it ate. ✨ (and yes, it lives in the SimpleScreenRecorder Manual, section 1, in case you were wondering where we are rn)

✨ NAME ✨

simplescreenrecorder — a feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

simplescreenrecorder [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so SimpleScreenRecorder is a feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL. it has a Qt-based graphical user interface, so you get a whole cute lil window to click around in. 🫶

it can record the entire screen or part of it, or it can record OpenGL applications directly. and the way that the recording can be paused and resumed at any time?? main character energy fr fr. 😭

also many different file formats and codecs are supported, so you're not stuck with just one thing. the range. the versatility. we love to see it. 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --help — shows this help message. the classic. the icon. 🎀
• --version — shows version information. gotta know which queen you're running. 👑
• --settingsfile=FILE — loads and saves program settings to FILE. if you omit it, ~/.ssr/settings.conf is used instead. ngl, that default is giving "we already picked a spot for you." ✨
• --logfile[=FILE] — writes log messages to FILE. if FILE is omitted, ~/.ssr/log-DATE_TIME.txt is used. lowkey a whole diary but for your recordings. 📓
• --statsfile[=FILE] — writes recording statistics to FILE. if FILE is omitted, /dev/shm/simplescreenrecorder-stats-PID is used. heads up bestie: it will be updated continuously and deleted when the recording page is closed. so don't go looking for it later, it's gone gone. 💀
• --no-systray — don't show the system tray icon. bye icon, we hardly knew ye. 🙈
• --start-hidden — starts the application in hidden form. sneaky. stealth mode. ninja vibes. 🧚
• --start-recording — starts the recording immediately. no warmup, no countdown, we go straight in. 🔥
• --activate-schedule — activates the recording schedule immediately. ⭐
• --syncdiagram — shows the synchronization diagram (for debugging). it's giving "for the tech girlies who need to see the numbers." 🌸
• --benchmark — runs the internal benchmark. let's see what your machine is made of. 💪

🌈 COMMANDS ACCEPTED THROUGH STDIN 🌈

yesss you can pipe commands in through stdin like the absolute hacker bestie you are. here's the whole menu:

• record-start — start the recording. go go go. 🔥
• record-pause — pause the recording. take a lil breather, you deserve it. 🍓
• record-cancel — cancel the recording and delete the output file. okay so this one is permanent, the file is not coming back, so be sure before you send this one. 😭
• record-save — finish the recording and save the output file. the satisfying ending. 💖
• schedule-activate — activate the recording schedule. ⭐
• schedule-deactivate — deactivate the recording schedule. ⭐ (but off)
• window-show — show the application window. come back, we miss you. 🥺
• window-hide — hide the application window. girl, where did you go. 🙈
• quit — quit the application. the final bow. 👑

🧚 FILE LOCATIONS 🧚

the files used by SimpleScreenRecorder can be found in the following locations, bestie, bookmark this:

• Settings: ~/.ssr/settings.conf
• Logs: ~/.ssr/logs/
• Input profiles:
  • /usr/share/simplescreenrecorder/input-profiles/
  • ~/.ssr/input-profiles/
• Output profiles:
  • /usr/share/simplescreenrecorder/output-profiles/
  • ~/.ssr/output-profiles/
• Translations: /usr/share/simplescreenrecorder/translations/

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

more documentation can be found at: https://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/

go read it, iykyk. 📚✨

and that's the whole page, no cap. this was SimpleScreenRecorder, dated May 2020, and you were reading page SIMPLESCREENRECORDER(1). slay, go record something iconic. 💅💖🎀