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Record from Virtual Frame Buffer via ffmpeg
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record.sh
xvfb-run -s "-screen 0 1280x800x16" -e /dev/stdout -a /home/ivo/Desktop/foo.sh
./ffmpeg -r 30 -f x11grab -draw_mouse 0 -s 1280x800 -i :99 -c:v libvpx -quality realtime -cpu-used 0 -b:v 384k -qmin 10 -qmax 42 -maxrate 384k -bufsize 1000k -an screen.webm
# foo.sh
google-chrome --incognito --window-size=1280,800 --app=http://github.com
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lsoica commented Jan 1, 2019

Were you able to get a mouse cursor with xvfb in your recordings ? (something -draw_mouse 1 should achieve, just that I'm not able to get it working)

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I get these errors on ubuntu20.4

[26646:26695:0731/064953.009382:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix")
[26646:26695:0731/064953.009426:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix")
[26646:26716:0731/064953.085092:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(622)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get: object_path= /org/freedesktop/UPower: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files
[26646:26716:0731/064953.085444:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(622)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.UPower.GetDisplayDevice: object_path= /org/freedesktop/UPower: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files
[26646:26716:0731/064953.085726:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(622)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.UPower.EnumerateDevices: object_path= /org/freedesktop/UPower: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[26693:26693:0731/064953.177171:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(162)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[26792:26792:0731/064953.247597:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(441)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader

Any inputs?

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