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vidcap is absolutely perfect ! tested on precise 5.4.3 retro. Colors are pure, as the screen. sound working. What more is asked ? Nothing.
After deeper tries :
nevertheless, the file is big, we cannot modulate duration and filmed zone. But it is a good alternative.

Further to this discussion...

I'm watching a streaming video with sound in Firefox (try this with any YouTube video.. but it can be any number of flash-based streams)... and I can see the video Ok and hear the audio Ok.

Using a derivative of the original script ffmpeg command (and I want to be able to use just ffmpeg for this job), I can capture the video but I can't capture the audio. All that is contained in the audio output stream is silence.

The modified command (to simply try and grab the audio):
To ensure I'm looking at the right audio capture device, I've looked at the output from arecord -l (small 'ell'), viz:-
Now, if I supply an audio signal into the "mic in" on the PC, the above command works a treat, which is what I'd expect -- hw:0 is a hardware device, so inputs via hardware should work Ok.

...but when a streaming video is playing and I want to capture the audio from THAT, there has to be something 'software-wise' that I can finger into to capture the audio. Maybe there's something I need to look at in alsamixer or retrovol...?

Any other thoughts?! I'm using Slacko 5.6.4, BTW...

Once I get the 'audio' component working Ok, I should be able to capture the video AND audio by combining a couple of 'input' streams through ffmpeg, methinks..

Thanks for any forthcoming suggestions.


John

developers give Puppy passengers 'ready for Use ' Simple Screen Recorder, the best one, in my opinion for versions Precise, Slacko, and newer, click here
nevertheless, do it yourself remains a pleasure for linux lovers, but FFmpeg removed from last Ubuntu Pupies. SSR will do it, remember
Xvidcap will do the job, whatever the Puppy, old or new Toutou 4.12

FFMPEG official site
Merci Skamilinux (Puppy team hungary)
Ezt most csak hirtelen megláttam egy másik Linux oldalon és gondoltam gyorsan megosztom, mert ez még nekem is kell!

Tahr puppy 6.0.6 64 bit UEFI and slacko 6.9.9.9 32 bit- not work

Use -qscale 0 instead of -sameq 0

My code works:

root# cat felvesz.sh
#!/bin/sh
#ffmpeg -s:1280x800 -r 30 -f x11grab -f alsa -ac 2 -i hw:0 output.mkv
#ffmpeg -s 1280x800 -r 25 -f x11grab -f alsa -ac 2 -i hw:0 output.mkv

#ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s 1280x800 -i :0.0 -f alsa -ac 2 -i hw:0 -qscale 0 teszt_out.mp4

ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i hw:0,0 -f x11grab -r 25 -s 1280x800 -i :0.0 -qscale 0 test.mp4