How to Record Your Desktop Video and Audio Using “Avconv” Tool in Ubuntu

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Ravi Saive
Nov 9, 2014

In this article, we’ll explain how to record the Linux desktop’s video & audio using the ‘Avconv’ program on Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint distributions. avconv is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from a live audio/video source.

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Ravi Saive

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