A few days ago, I barely knew what Linux was. But when I installed Linux Mint, Most of the stuff was wonderful; It was not the case of screen recording.

I first wanted to record with OBS, using pretty good quality and with MP4 as output format. I recorded what I wanted to record, but when I saw the recording, there were black flashings in different parts of the screen, and the interface also dissappeared and re-appeared like in flashings.

"Strange" I said. So, I used much lower quality and MKV as output format. I had the same result.

"Then the software is wrong" I thought. So I installed Simple Screen Recorder. Tried with all the different settings, but, even if it was much less glitchy, I was still getting the same glitches.

So I tried with Kazam. No different results.

"It must be the media player" I said. So, I tried with VLC, and even with YouTube, but there was no difference.

I uploaded an example glitched recording to YouTube, you can see it by going here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG6uCfr6TxY

I will also leave the message that the terminal sent me after writing the command Inxi-Fxzd:

System: Host: Jesus-PC-Linux Kernel: 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)

Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.6 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1)

Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena

Machine: Mobo: ECS model: H81H3-M4 v: 1.0

Bios: American Megatrends v: 4.6.5 date: 08/10/2015

CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-4170 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB

flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 14766

clock speeds: max: 3700 MHz 1: 3700 MHz 2: 3700 MHz 3: 3699 MHz

4: 3699 MHz

Graphics: Card: Intel 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller

bus-ID: 00:02.0

Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)

Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz

GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell

GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes

Audio: Card-1 Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller

driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0

Card-2 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller

driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0

Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-53-generic

Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0

IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>

Card-2: Atheros AR9271 802.11n driver: ath9k_htc usb-ID: 003-005

IF: wlxec086b12429f state: N/A mac: N/A

Drives: HDD Total Size: 1016.2GB (6.2% used)

ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB temp: 41C

ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: STORE_N_GO size: 16.0GB temp: 0C

Optical: /dev/sr0 model: TSST CDDVDW SH-224FB

rev: SB00 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw

Features: speed: 48x multisession: yes

audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running

Partition: ID-1: / size: 318G used: 49G (17%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4

RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present

Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0C mobo: 27.8C

Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A

Info: Processes: 219 Uptime: 1:44 Memory: 2107.1/3821.7MB

Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0

Client: Shell (bash 4.3.461) inxi: 2.2.35

Thanks.

PS: IF you see this post in other forums, I probably was too lazy to write a different post for each forum

Hello,

welcome to the forums and to Linux.

One thing, that comes into my mind are the codecs. Have you made sure, that they are all installed and up to date?

Unlike, for example that proprietary OS, in Linux you install everything in components or packages. Just because you install - let's say VLC, does not mean that you also get all the codecs installed. You could even install just the codecs, without the player. So, I recommend that you make sure that your software is up to date and also run your software manager and search for codecs, such as vlc-codec. You might have to add a community repository, such as packman for openSUSE or metaverse in Ubuntu, to get full access to those codes, as many of them (including mp4) are proprietary software, that is not pre-installed on many distros, but has to be added manually.

Since the issue occurs with different players, it is fairly clear, that it is not a player issue.

Hi and welcome to Linux mint 18 I use mate version on this laptop.

I think this will help you install what you need if this is the OBS you are looking for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAdE85AMLXo

Is ffmeg installed? From research OBS needS it.

I recently had some significant issues w/ screen tearing when using recordmydesktop (what I'd always used before without issue). Tried OBD, same issue. Tried Kazam, it worked flawlessly... so that's where I am at now.

Double checking ffmpeg would be the first course of action I would think.