[FFmpeg-trac] #8801(ffmpeg:new): x11grab of screen/area produces mp4 file without streams

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Sun Jul 19 08:09:44 EEST 2020


#8801: x11grab of screen/area produces mp4 file without streams
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             Reporter:               |                     Type:  defect
  johnaaronrose                      |
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:  ffmpeg       |                  Version:
                                     |  unspecified
             Keywords:  x11grab      |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with ffmpeg 3.4.6

 I want to grab (video & sound) of the whole screen or grab (video & sound)
 of a region (e.g. window or area, in the screen) using ffmpeg. I found an
 example at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts/ffmpeg:
 ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s 1024x768 -i :0.0 -vcodec huffyuv screencast.avi
 But it doesn't create an avi file and gives "Output file #0 does not
 contain any stream".
 I adapted it slightly (i.e. for my monitor) but it didn't work:
 ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s 1920x1080 -i :0.0 -f pulse -vcodec libx265
 v.mp4
 I've tried other variants e.g.:
 ffmpeg -r 25 -video_size 1920x1080 -f x11grab -i :0.0 -f pulse -ac 2 -i
 default -vcodec libx265 -y /home/john/Temporary/v.mp4
 >/home/john/Temporary/l.txt 2>&1
 That creates a .mp4 file but but won't play (in vlc or video player) as it
 has unknown video codec & audio codec in its properties.

 Summary of the bug:
 How to reproduce:
 {{{
 % ffmpeg -i input ... output
 ffmpeg version
 built on ...
 }}}
 Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list and not this
 bug tracker.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8801>
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