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FFMPEG Command to Record Desktop Screen With Audio & Export it as MP4 Video File in Terminal
Jun 3, 2025
ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -i desktop -f dshow -i audio="Stereo Mix (Realtek(R) Audio)" -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -c:a aac -b:a 128k -pix_fmt yuv420p -t 10 "output.mp4"
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uh hello guys welcome to this video So
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in this video I will show you how to
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record uh your uh uh desktop screen with
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audio using uh ffmpg command You don't
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need any sort of uh OBS studio or any
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sort of recorder for this You can
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execute a simple command ffmpg command
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which will record your screen alongside
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with the audio and it will create a
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video file right in the same directory
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So I am just having this simple example
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right here I've opened fMPPG in the
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command line So I have given this
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command in the description of this video
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So let me just explain to you fmpp f So
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gd
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gr So we write like this This is the
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starting of the command Fmpp
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f and then
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dash So first of all let me just uh
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write this command and then show you
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what this command does So as soon as you
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paste this command this is this this is
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actually the command right here And uh
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if I just paste it let me delete
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everything from this So no file is
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present And as soon as I press the enter
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key you will see it will now record
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everything which is going on inside the
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screen You will see that it will record
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for 10 seconds and automatically it will
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close and then it will create this file
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You will see that So now the file has
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been successfully created This is your
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output.mpp4 file So this records your
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desktop
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screen You will see that now it has
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actually record everything that was
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going on inside your desktop screen for
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10 seconds and it has created this uh
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successfully this MP4 video file So in
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this easy way guys you can actually with
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the help of this command you can record
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your screen with the uh whatever audio
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file as well with audio as well So if
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you are playing any sort of song you can
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even record that as well So here we are
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recording it for 10 seconds but here you
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can change this value dash d parameter
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right here So you can change this Let's
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suppose you want to record this for only
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5 seconds And just now now you can see
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it will only record this for 5 seconds
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So you would see
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that So you can see can open this So now
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it is only recording it for 5
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seconds So you can see the file is uh
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easily be played in the media player as
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well So in this easy way let me now
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explain you the command I've given this
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command in the description of this video
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So first of all we say
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ffmppg-f GDI grabb and then we specify
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the frame rate So we have FPS you can
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specify 30 frame per second dash I
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whatever we need to record right here in
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this case we are recording the desktop
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and then we are saying dhow and here we
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can specify the audio source as well So
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we are applying our speakers So here
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stereo mix
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realtech whatever is your speaker name
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and then we are encoding it with the lip
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x264 and then we are specifying the
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preset which is ultra fast and then this
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is your bit rate settings 128k and
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lastly your output file So here this is
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the time period for which it will record
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for 10 seconds So this is the overall
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command guys It is little bit
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complicated but uh if you copy this
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command if you understand this you will
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get to know it's a really powerful
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command It can even record your desktop
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screen and then it can create audio
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video files directly So this was the
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ffmpg command guys Hopefully you will
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