[FFmpeg-user] fast video codec for screen casting

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

dE . <de.techno <at> gmail.com> writes:

> ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 1280x800 -i :0.0 -f null -qscale 2 -threads 1 
> -vcodec mpeg1video -

> frame=   19 fps=  0 q=2.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.60 bitrate=   
> 0.0kbits/s dup=11 drop=0  frame=   36 fps= 33 q=2.0 size=       0kB 
> time=00:00:01.16 bitrate=   0.0kbits/s dup=20 drop=0  frame=   51 fps= 
> 32 q=2.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:01.66 bitrate=   0.0kbits/s dup=28 

As I suspected, -vcodec mpeg1video allows you to record with >= 30fps

Carl Eugen