Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video will show you how to record your screen in Ubuntu. This is shown in 16.04, but works in many versions. The software used is OBS (Open Broadcast Studio) found at:
obsproject.com/download#linux
To install, follow the steps shown in the video for your operating system, basically pasting the commands on that website into the terminal to install OBS.
After the recording software is installed, you just need to change the settings for your monitor, by setting the resolution, and then you need to set the bit rate and file type (.mp4, .mkv, .flv).
After this, you right click in the sources window and choose "Add Screencapture". In the window that pops up hit ok, then in the next window choose your monitor and hit ok again. At this point if your audio is already showing up in the mixer tab, you are good to start recording, if not, right click in sources again, choose audio input, and choose your audio device.
At this point, just hit start recording when you're ready, and then do what you want to record, then hit stop recording.
To check out the file you created, go to the file menu and choose show recordings. Your recording will be the newest one there.
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This video will show you how to record your screen in Ubuntu. This is shown in 16.04, but works in many versions. The software used is OBS (Open Broadcast Studio) found at:
obsproject.com/download#linux
To install, follow the steps shown in the video for your operating system, basically pasting the commands on that website into the terminal to install OBS.
After the recording software is installed, you just need to change the settings for your monitor, by setting the resolution, and then you need to set the bit rate and file type (.mp4, .mkv, .flv).
After this, you right click in the sources window and choose "Add Screencapture". In the window that pops up hit ok, then in the next window choose your monitor and hit ok again. At this point if your audio is already showing up in the mixer tab, you are good to start recording, if not, right click in sources again, choose audio input, and choose your audio device.
At this point, just hit start recording when you're ready, and then do what you want to record, then hit stop recording.
To check out the file you created, go to the file menu and choose show recordings. Your recording will be the newest one there.
Check out my facebook at: facebook.com/pages/All-How-2s/198429346974010
or my twitter: twitter.com/AllHow2s
Or my website where I have a lot of other great tutorials (such as how to take a screenshot, or how to get the start button back on Windows 8): allhow2s.com
