{"id":2916,"date":"2022-08-17T04:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T23:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edopedia.com\/blog\/?p=2916"},"modified":"2022-08-17T05:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T00:00:24","slug":"ffmpeg-record-desktop-screen-or-capture-video-and-save-as-mp4-file-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edopedia.com\/blog\/ffmpeg-record-desktop-screen-or-capture-video-and-save-as-mp4-file-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"FFmpeg Record Desktop Screen or Capture Video and Save as MP4 File in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you looking for FFmpeg record screen<\/strong> or FFmpeg screen capture<\/strong> commands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this tutorial, you will learn how to Record Desktop Screen<\/strong> or Capture Video<\/strong> and Save it as MP4 File<\/strong> in Windows 10<\/strong> using FFmpeg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let’s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use\u00a0FFmpeg DirectShow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FFmpeg can take input from DirectShow<\/a> devices on your Windows computer. Have a look at the \u200bFFmpeg dshow input device documentation<\/a> for official documentation. It can accept input from audio, video devices, video capture devices, and analog tv tuner devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the sake of this tutorial, you can use this DirectShow device<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="screen-capture-recorder" output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
This will grab the image from the entire desktop. You can also find other alternative devices by doing a Google search on the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you need audio too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="UScreenCapture":audio="Microphone" output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
If you want to capture the audio that is playing from your speakers you may also need to configure the so-called \u201cStereo Mix\u201d device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="UScreenCapture" -f dshow -i audio="Microphone" output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
You can list your devices with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Use built-in GDI screengrabber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You can also use gdigrab<\/a> as an input device to grab video from the Windows screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To capture all your displays as one big contiguous display:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -i desktop output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
If you want to limit to a region and show the area being grabbed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -offset_x 10 -offset_y 20 -video_size 640x480 -show_region 1 -i desktop output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
To grab the contents of the window named \u201cCalculator\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -i title=Calculator output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Hardware Encoding<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
You can use hardware acceleration<\/a> to speed up encoding and reduce the load on your CPU. For example, with NVIDIA hardware encoding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -i desktop -c:v h264_nvenc -qp 0 output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lossless Recording<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
If your CPU is not fast enough, the encoding process might take too long. To speed up the encoding process, you can use lossless encoding and disable advanced encoder options, e.g.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -f x11grab -i :0.0 -c:v libx264rgb -crf 0 -preset ultrafast output.mkv<\/pre><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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