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Sun Bear
Asked: 2023-10-30 18:54:59 +0800 CST

Video recorded by PrtScrn -> Screencast looks strange. How to fix?

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After pressing on PrtScrn and going to the video mode to record a video of the desktop, the recorded video shows the following issue: screencast video issue

How do I fix this Screencast video mode recording issue? The Screencast is able to take a photo of the Desktop but not able to record video on the Desktop.

System details:

Ubuntu 22.04

Acer E14 laptop.

Linux 6.2.0-35-generic

FYI:

  1. The Cheese app also could not work but the Guvcview app does work.
  2. The Zoom app works right out of the box.
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The problem is with the default display server which is Wayland in the Ubuntu 22.04. In the earlier LTS versions, it was Xorg. Most of the recording software or even screen-sharing applications like Google Meet, Zoom, etc. support Xorg. Hence they fail because of incompatibility with this comparatively new display server. You can change this by the following steps:

    Edit the configuration file,

    sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

    to uncomment [remove # from] the line containing

    WaylandEnable=false

    save the file (ctrl + x and after that y ('yes') or another key for non-English and finally Enter) and reboot.

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