How to record screen on Ubuntu 16.04 using Recordmydesktop

Recordmydesktop is an open source and simple screen recorder application used for Linux and other Unix based operating systems. In this article we will help you to guide how to install this screen recorder on your system. The recordmydesktop application can record either the whole screen or a predefined area within it. It is a very useful application which can be very helpful when one needs to record and share desktop activities to someone else. recordmydesktop can capture both &ndash audio and video of a desktop screen.


Open the Ubuntu Software Center (Applications > Ubuntu Software Center). Type “recordmydesktop” in the search box at the top-right.

Highlight the entry marked “gtk-recordMyDesktop” and click Install.
That’s all you need to do! This will install both the core RecordMyDesktop files and the graphical frontend.

To begin recording video, click on Applications > Sound & Video > gtk-recordMyDesktop.

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