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Ubuntu Desktop Guide > Tips & tricks says that we can start and stop a screencast by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R. It works. But it automatically stops at 30s.

Is there a default settings somewhere for that? Or is it a bug?

Before on Ubuntu 17.04 I used gtk-recordmydesktop but now it won't launch. I tried simplescreenrecorder and vokoscreen but for some reason the screen goes black in the result file. The cursor is visible though.

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  • You can try [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/) – Gautam Vashisht Oct 20 '17 at 08:40
  • @pomsky Hey simplescreenrecorder and vokoscreen work after I switched to Xorg. When I switched again to Wayland it keeps working. The built-in Screencast still doesn't work, but it's fine now. Thanks! – Yasmin Zulfati Yusrina Oct 20 '17 at 09:11
  • @pomsky I asked 7 hours earlier though (- . -) – Yasmin Zulfati Yusrina Oct 21 '17 at 01:57
  • @YasminZulfatiYusrina The idea was to create a more general Q&A and direct all the new questions similar to this to that one. But you're right, maybe you should just link the other question instead of marking it as a duplicate. – pomsky Oct 21 '17 at 05:23
  • Related to: [Why some of my screen-recording/capturing applications (or app features) are not working after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/966779/why-some-of-my-screen-recording-capturing-applications-or-app-features-are-not) – pomsky Oct 21 '17 at 05:24
  • @YasminZulfatiYusrina See if this helps: https://askubuntu.com/a/967989/ – pomsky Oct 23 '17 at 10:37

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One can adjust the recording time via gsettings.

Suppose one wants 1 minute of recording time:

$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys max-screencast-length 60

sets the recording time to 60 seconds.

You can also set this to 0, to turn off the auto-stop behavior entirely. Then press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R again to stop it manually.

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Ubuntu 17.10 by default uses Wayland server. Many application which are not yet completely compatible with Wayland may fail to work under a Wayland session.

You may try to switch to an Xorg session to make the applications work again.

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