trying to grab video of screen on a Thinkpad x130e netbook . . .
Hi *:
I have to ask after trying to do it in many ways, checking all kinds
of posts, searching and following guidelines.
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop
https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Videograbbing/
I am running:
$ uname -a
Linux niggahme 4.9.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u2
(2019-05-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux
on an "old" X130e Thinkpad which has 4 Gb of RAM.
Nothing is listed under:
# ls -l /dev/video*
ls: cannot access '/dev/video*': No such file or directory
#
As I remember, some time ago I had to do some kernel tinkering in
order to make the screen work fine on Linux:
# lshw -class cpu
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 2e
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
slot: Socket FT1
size: 1650MHz
capacity: 1650MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr
pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse
sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc
rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3
cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a
misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall arat npt
lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2
#
# lshw -class display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Wrestler [Radeon HD 6320]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:25 memory:e0000000-efffffff
ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0300000-f033ffff memory:c0000-dffff
#
this are the sound cards on the X130e:
# lshw -class sound
*-multimedia:0
description: Audio device
product: Wrestler HDMI Audio
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:24 memory:f0344000-f0347fff
*-multimedia:1
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 40
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:f0340000-f0343fff
#
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Generic ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0344000 irq 24
1 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xf0340000 irq 16
this is what ffmpeg supports on my installation:
$ ffmpeg -devices
ffmpeg version 3.2.14-1~deb9u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 6.3.0 (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 20170516
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version='1~deb9u1'
--toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
--incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl
--disable-stripping --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth
--enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray
--enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libebur128
--enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype
--enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt
--enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librubberband
--enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr
--enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora
--enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
--enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid
--enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-omx --enable-openal
--enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883
--enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libopencv
--enable-libx264 --enable-shared
libavutil 55. 34.101 / 55. 34.101
libavcodec 57. 64.101 / 57. 64.101
libavformat 57. 56.101 / 57. 56.101
libavdevice 57. 1.100 / 57. 1.100
libavfilter 6. 65.100 / 6. 65.100
libavresample 3. 1. 0 / 3. 1. 0
libswscale 4. 2.100 / 4. 2.100
libswresample 2. 3.100 / 2. 3.100
libpostproc 54. 1.100 / 54. 1.100
Devices:
D. = Demuxing supported
.E = Muxing supported
--
DE alsa ALSA audio output
E caca caca (color ASCII art) output device
D dv1394 DV1394 A/V grab
DE fbdev Linux framebuffer
D iec61883 libiec61883 (new DV1394) A/V input device
D jack JACK Audio Connection Kit
D lavfi Libavfilter virtual input device
D libcdio
D libdc1394 dc1394 v.2 A/V grab
D openal OpenAL audio capture device
E opengl OpenGL output
DE oss OSS (Open Sound System) playback
DE pulse Pulse audio output
E sdl,sdl2 SDL2 output device
DE sndio sndio audio playback
E v4l2 Video4Linux2 output device
D video4linux2,v4l2 Video4Linux2 device grab
D x11grab X11 screen capture, using XCB
E xv XV (XVideo) output device
$
and this is the netbook's screen size:
$ _SCREEN_SIZE=$(xrandr | grep '*' | awk '{print $1}')
$ echo "// __ \$_SCREEN_SIZE: |$_SCREEN_SIZE|"
// __ $_SCREEN_SIZE: |1280x720|
How can I make a video from what is displayed on the screen using
ffmpeg, aconv or whatever?
lbrtcxh:debian-user:trying to grab video of screen on a Thinkpad
x130e netbook . . .
Reply to: