content/blog/commands/capture-desktop-video.md


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---
title: "Capture a video of your desktop"
date: 2011-11-20
description: Capture a video of your desktop
tags:
  - ffmpeg
---

## The command

You can capture a video of your linux desktop very easily with ffmpeg :

{{< highlight sh >}}
ffmpeg -f x11grab -s xga -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq /tmp/out.mpg
{{< /highlight >}}