BYZANZ-RECORD(1)					      BYZANZ-RECORD(1)

NAME
       byzanz-record - record your desktop session to an animated GIF

SYNOPSIS
       byzanz-record [options] FILENAME

DESCRIPTION
       Byzanz records your desktop session to an animated GIF.	You can record
       your entire screen, a single window, or an arbitrary  region.   byzanz-
       record  allows you to make recordings from the command line.  Graphical
       users may want to use the panel applet instead.

OPTIONS
   Application Options:
       -a, --audio
	      Record audio from the default input device. This only  works  if
	      the output format supports it and will otherwise cause an error.

       -c, --cursor
	      Record mouse cursor

       -d, --duration=SECS
	      Duration of animation (default: 10 seconds)

       --delay=SECS
	      Delay before start (default: 1 second)

       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use

       -h, --height=PIXEL
	      Height of recording rectangle

       -v, --verbose
	      Be verbose

       -w, --width=PIXEL
	      Width of recording rectangle

       -x, --x=PIXEL
	      X coordinate of rectangle to record

       -y, --y=PIXEL
	      Y coordinate of rectangle to record

   Help Options:
       -?, --help
	      Show help options

       --help-all
	      Show all help options

       --help-gtk
	      Show GTK+ Options

OUTPUT FILE
       After  byzanz-record is finished, the recording is written to FILENAME.
       The format is determined by the filename extension. The following  for‐
       mats are supported:

       byzanz Record  to Byzanz' internal debugging format. This is useful for
	      benchmarking Byzanz or if you want to convert the	 recording  to
	      multiple	formats later.	You can use byzanz-playback(1) to con‐
	      vert the file.

       flv    Record to a Flash Screen video. This recording method  is	 loss‐
	      less. Use it if you want to postprocess the file in other appli‐
	      cations.

       gif    Record to an animated GIF image. Use this if you want to	record
	      a	 mostly static screen with a limited amount of colors, such as
	      using a file manager or an  office  application.	 This  is  the
	      default and will be used if an unrecognized extension is used.

       ogg, ogv
	      Record  to  an Ogg Theora video. This format supports audio. Use
	      this if you want to record dynamic contents, such as video play‐
	      back.

       webm   Record  to  a  WebM video. This format consists of VP8 video and
	      Vorbis audio streams. Use this if you  want  to  record  dynamic
	      contents, e.g. for a HTML5 video.

SEE ALSO
       byzanz-playback(1)

AUTHOR
       Byzanz was written by Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome.org>.

       This manual page was last updated for version 0.2.1.

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