Sharex: Full desktop video recording without screen size selection tool?

[carasius]

Is it possible to run full desktop video recording silently from command prompt and without screen size selection tool?

Example:
start sharex -silent -ScreenRecorder ffmpeg -y -rtbufsize 100M -f gdigrab -framerate 20 -offset_x 0 -offset_y 0 -video_size 1680x1050 -draw_mouse 1 -i desktop -c:v libx264 -r 20 -crf 30 -preset fast -tune zerolatency -pix_fmt yuv420p "output.mp4"

This still show size selection window.

[Jaex]

You need to press space in screen selection tool to capture whole screen.

[carasius]

Thank you, Jaex, for the response.
It would be nice to have automated setting to record full screen without additional keys, questions or moves. Just one click/hot key to run.

[mzso]

@carasius commented on 2014. szept. 16. 10:09 CEST:

Thank you, Jaex, for the response.

It would be nice to have automated setting to record full screen without additional keys, questions or moves. Just one click/hot key to run.

I agree. Or at least show a hint when displaying the selector. I've been trying to figure it out for a while.

[Jaex]

Tip already exist here: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX/wiki/Region%20screen%20capture
I can't write all of these on screen obviously.
Also new version have screen record last region hotkey now so if you do fullscreen one time, then you can use that hotkey to always do fullscreen without region selection.

[mzso]

Well one has to find that. IMO a "press space to fullscreen" text with small font would fit under the "magnifying glass" for example.
Anyway. Caracius' suggestion would be more elegant with an ffmpeg fullscreen item in the menu and a hotkey.

[Jaex]

That text will be very ugly.

[LeBaux]

It might be ugly, but for know the only was to find this information is to land here with google search. :cry: I for one, vouch for adding the option to "record full screen", or "record primary".

[Jaex]

LeBaux normal region capture shows this info so why you needed to google search?

[LeBaux]

Hi, thanks for the answer! You are truly supporting the program like a boss here, or on IRC. The thing is, I never even use GUI of sharex, I do everything with command line - I use slickrun to fire up the commands. And I don't use "region capture" at all. It took me a while to even find the tips. ShareX has so many features, that it gets easy to get lost.

[Jaex]

I don't understand why you use command line. When ShareX have powerful hotkey system.

[LeBaux]

Because for some people hotkeys are convenient, for others they are not. You probably know CloudApp. I would say it is expensive alternative to shareX, albeit it is very polished. I was using it for years and I jumped the ship because you have command line support. Sorry but I am not able to remember 5-15 hotkeys and screenshot capture is not only thing I do, I am not going to map whole keyboard to do 500 things. I mean how I am supposed to remember what "ctrl + shift + 5" does? Is it fullscreen capture of primary monitor with cursor, edit and then upload to imgur, or is it a videocapture? Or is it completely different shortcut for different application?

That is why I use commands:
sx - opens shareX
ss - screenshot, upload imgur
sse - screenshot, edit, upload imgur
ssg - gif, upload imgur
ssv - video, upload streamable
ssc - tool, color picker
ssq - tool QR (here my script does not work - how to automatically generate QR from clipboard?)
ssirc - tool, IRC - Why did you cut if from latest version ? :cry:
ssr - tool, ruler...

How can possibly someone remember this in form of shortcuts? Also, typing 3 letters is WAY faster then unnatural, 3 key hotkey combo. Even if you use "ctrl+prtscr" you have to look on your keyboard, where I am able to fire up the command without looking or pressing the wrong hotkey combo.

[Jaex]

You don't need to remember all hotkeys. All hotkeys are added to workflows menu so you can just use mouse to open them or check them. How you remember that command line shortcuts?

[LeBaux]

Use the mouse - that is what "terminal" people really don't like to do. As for the command vs. hotkey discussion goes, I am willing to bet, that people in general are able to remember more commands than hotkey combos. Imagine 100 hotkeys, vs. 100 commands. Anyway, I just think everyone should what they like. You like hotkeys and mouse and I have no problem with that, as long as you support command line, I am very very happy!

[Jaex]

I didn't told I like using mouse.

[LeBaux]

Men, I just don't want to waste your time. It is amazing you are developing the software and I do not want to be one of those ungrateful assholes who just bitch about everything, demand features and provide nothing. Your command line is sufficient enough, it would be nice if I do not have to select region, hit space or anything, but that is very very very little of a problem. It does not make sense to you, I am not going to argue or push you :+1: . I will probably write a blogpost about my workflow, I will then send you a link, then you maybe understand my point of view.

[Scrxtchy]

Only found this thread through frontpage activity
What would be great is to add a setting to a workflow on a preset region (made with the region tool), meaning that this information will be loaded instead of asking for a user input on region when they run the workflow.
while I did find these options in the capture settings of a workflow, It's not very clear how they work or if relevant to the topic

[pbb72]

I have to agree that the information on how to do full screen recording is too difficult to find.

The page https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX/wiki/Region%20screen%20capture that was linked to in 2014 no longer exists. I can not find the information on GitHub or on getsharex.com.

The information is shown when doing a regular "region" capture, but that is not obvious to anybody performing a video capture. Can't the same information be shown on screen when doing a video capture?

Requiring Google to find the correct keys is not good.

[penguin020]

Is there a way to record from only the active monitor?

[Szalgood]

is there a way to do both?
a monitor and a camera.