E-Z Linux Recorder

Screen Recording & Uploading to e-z.host with region, GIF and sound support.

Dependencies

• Wayland: jq, wl-clipboard, slurp & wf-recorder or wl-screenrec
• COSMIC & GNOME / KDE Wayland: jq, wl-clipboard & kooha
• X11: jq, xclip, slop & ffmpeg

How to install them?

Go to your prefered terminal and execute this command depending on your Distro.

Compositor	Distribution	Instructions
Wayland	Debian/Ubuntu	sudo apt install wf-recorder jq wl-clipboard slurp
Wayland	Fedora	sudo dnf install wf-recorder jq wl-clipboard slurp
Wayland	Arch	sudo pacman -S wf-recorder jq wl-clipboard slurp
Wayland	Gentoo	sudo emerge -av gui-apps/wf-recorder app-misc/jq x11-misc/wl-clipboard gui-apps/slurp

Compositor	Distribution	Instructions
X11	Debian/Ubuntu	sudo apt install ffmpeg jq xclip slop
X11	Fedora	sudo apt install ffmpeg jq xclip slop
X11	Arch	sudo pacman -S ffmpeg jq xclip slop
X11	Gentoo	sudo emerge -av media-video/ffmpeg app-misc/jq x11-misc/xclip x11-misc/slop

Compositor	Distribution	Instructions
COSMIC & GNOME / KDE Wayland	Debian/Ubuntu	sudo apt install kooha jq wl-clipboard
COSMIC & GNOME / KDE Wayland	Fedora	sudo dnf install kooha jq wl-clipboard
COSMIC & GNOME / KDE Wayland	Arch	sudo pacman -S kooha jq wl-clipboard
COSMIC & GNOME / KDE Wayland	Gentoo	sudo emerge -av media-video/kooha app-misc/jq x11-misc/wl-clipboard

Installation

git clone https://github.com/verysillycat/e-z-recorder-linux
cd e-z-recorder-linux
# [!] Start the Script to Create the Configuration file
./e-z-recorder.sh

How to get my API KEY?

Log in to E-Z, Click on your User Modal on the top right, Go to Account, and Copy your API KEY
Now paste that API KEY into auth variable in the Config File

Arguments

• --help (-h) show the list of arguments
• --abort abort recording and the upload
• --sound snip with sound
• --fullscreen full screen without sound
• --fullscreen-sound fullscreen with sound
• --gif snip with gif output
• upload (-u) upload specified video files (mp4, mkv, webm, gif)
• --config open the configuration file in the default text editor
• --config-reinstall reinstall the configuration file with default settings

★ When using Kooha, you'll not see some of these arguments as they aren't needed.

Configuration

• fps will be your Max FPS
• pixelformat set the pixel format, default is yuv420p
• encoder set the encoder, default is libx264
• preset set the preset profile
• wlscreenrec set to true if want to use wl-screenrec (only for wl-roots based DEs and recommend for old GPUs/iGPUs)
• bitrate set the bitrate (only for wl-screenrec)
• codec set the codec, default is hevc (only for wl-screenrec)
• extpixelformat set the pixel format, default is nv12 (only for wl-screenrec)
• crf set crf number
• save will save your Recorded Videos on ~/Videos
• failsave if your Video Recording upload fails, it will be saved on ~/Videos/e-zfailed
• colorworkaround re-encode videos on upload for color correction, might take longer to upload
• startnotif show the start notification or not
• endnotif show the end notification or not
• directory set directory to save videos in there will be ignored if using kooha
• kooha_dir set the kooha directory also save videos in here if using kooha

Credits

This script was is based on End's Dotfiles Record script but to support alot more DEs, Configuration, allow GIF Output & more.