Access currently running desktop remotely

m4rc9 · 03-19-2015, 12:17 PM

Hello all,

I have a raspberry pi connected to a TV, and I want to access the currently displayed session remotely. I have xrdp and tight VNC server installed, but when logging in remotely, I login into a new session. I want to login to the session being displayed on the TV. What's the best way to go about this?

Thank you in advance!

dijetlo · 03-20-2015, 03:58 AM

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X11 grabbing

FFmpeg can grab the X11 display.
ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg
0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY environment variable.
ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg

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