Gameplay recording
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Allows you to capture gameplay using anconv, with audio on SteamOS. Works for all video under BPM/steamcompmgr sessions.
- Some Linux knowledge
- Access to desktop mode of SteamOS (Settings > Interface)
- Password for the
desktopuser set. (Fire up a terminal window and enterpasswdto gain access to sudo
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/ProfessorKaos64/SteamOS-Tools
cd SteamOS-Tools
./desktop-software.sh install gameplay-recording
Note: you must execute this as the 'steam' user. Ensure the password is set (see: passwd)for the steam user in order to use the below commands.
Settings the user passwords (as the desktop user)
passwd
sudo passwd steam
To start recording over SSH
su - steam
steamos-record.sh
To stop the recording:
CTRL+C
You will be asked for the desired FPS (30 is default), and name ("recording" is default)
The file in /home/steam/Videos produced will read (# being the number of the same recording)
"NAME-#_YYYYMMDD.avi"
Converting the video clip to work in other programs can be done using the same application used to record in the script:
avconv -i infile.mp4 -c:a copy -c:v copy outfile.avi
