Gameplay recording - mdeguzis/SteamOS-Tools GitHub Wiki

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Summary

Allows you to capture gameplay using anconv, with audio on SteamOS. Works for all video under BPM/steamcompmgr sessions.

Pre-requisites

  • Some Linux knowledge
  • Access to desktop mode of SteamOS (Settings > Interface)
  • Password for the desktop user set. (Fire up a terminal window and enter passwd to gain access to sudo

To install

sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/ProfessorKaos64/SteamOS-Tools
cd SteamOS-Tools
./desktop-software.sh install gameplay-recording

To use

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 video clips

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

Troubleshooting

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