

Additionally, you also get drawing tools wherein you can pinpoint particular sections within your screen recorder. This comes really handy when you have to make a how-to or troubleshooting tutorial wherein you have to embed your voice and face shots. It can even embed your webcam footage in your video recording. Unlike the gnome screen recorder, Screencastify lets you even record audio from the internal microphone or any external source. Screencastify allows you to either record the entire screen, a particular app window, or a freeform snippet. Since it uses javascript it has fewer overheads. It is a chrome extension rather than a dedicated app. If you use Chrome or any chromium-based browser, Screencastify is a good option for a quick screencast. All customizations are permanent and need to be done through the command-line.No free-form or window screen recording.

gsettings set .media-keys max-screencast-length 60 However, you can manually extend it through the command line by using the following command. When you hit the record hotkey, you should see a recording icon at the top-right of the toolbar.īy default, the screen recording is ended after 30 secs.

When you hit the same hotkey again, the screencasting is ended and saved. It automatically starts recording the entire screen. Ubuntu comes with a native screen recorder which is triggered when you hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R.
