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papajo
Asked: 2017-11-24 22:13:53 +0800 CST

Kazam doesn't work on ubuntu 17.10 what's the next best thing?

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I am looking for a screen recorder that uses a little resources as possible and is able to record full-screen 3D gaming.

As far as I know Kazam was good for that but unfortunately it is not compatible for my version of ubuntu and checking its update history (last update 2014) I doubt it will be anytime soon....

So what should I try instead?

I use the latest Mesa drivers (17.3) Padoka and Oibaf ppa (yes I know... but it works find for me :P ) I have an AMD FX 8350 16GB ram and a RX 580 8GB.

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2 Answers

  1. As far as i know OBS studio is the best screen recorder for Ubuntu.

    But for Ubuntu 17.10 there are some issues with OBS studio in Wayland display server. So if you are ready to switch to Xorg, OBS would be a nice choice for screen recording.

    You can install OBS studio from the below commands.

    Install ffmpeg

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg

    After installing FFmpeg, install OBS Studio using:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install obs-studio
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  2. Green Recorder works on both Wayland and Xorg and thus works fine on 17.10 https://github.com/foss-project/green-recorder

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