[Solved] x264 not available in screen casting softwares.

Sffred · 2020-09-24 01:14:16

When I am using screen casting software like Green Recorder and vokoscreenNG, I just can't get videos that can be played on other platforms, like windows or android. After looking for solutions, I figure out that this issue relates to codec problems.

I have found out that vokoscreenNG thinks Video encoder x264,openh264,H.264 and MPEG-2 as unavailable, but pacman -Q shows that x264 has been installed. I also read the page codec in ArchWiki but I'm not clear about what to do.

VokoscreenNG says, 'If the Codec x264 is shown as not available, it can be installed. Open a terminal and enter the following. sudo apt install ubuntu‑restricted‑extras' It's for ubuntu, not arch. I can't decide the corresponding package name in pacman.

Last edited by Sffred (2020-10-06 04:30:44)

GaKu999 · 2020-09-24 01:19:45

From 'pacman -Si vokoscreen':

$ pacman -Si vokoscreen 
Repository      : community
Name            : vokoscreen
Version         : 3.0.4-3
Description     : Easy to use screencast creator
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://linuxecke.volkoh.de/vokoscreen/vokoscreen.html
Licenses        : GPL2
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : gst-plugins-good  qt5-multimedia  qt5-x11extras
Optional Deps   : gst-plugins-bad: record audio into AAC format
                  gst-plugins-ugly: record screen into H.264 format
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Download Size   : 884.61 KiB
Installed Size  : 1525.10 KiB
Packager        : Balló György <ballogyor+arch@gmail.com>
Build Date      : Mon 06 Jul 2020 07:17:47 PM EDT
Validated By    : MD5 Sum  SHA-256 Sum  Signature

Have you installed the ugly one?

Post the output of:

pacman -Qi vokoscreen

Sffred · 2020-09-24 12:54:03

$ pacman -Qi vokoscreen
Name            : vokoscreen
Version         : 3.0.4-3
Description     : Easy to use screencast creator
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://linuxecke.volkoh.de/vokoscreen/vokoscreen.html
Licenses        : GPL2
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : gst-plugins-good  qt5-multimedia  qt5-x11extras
Optional Deps   : gst-plugins-bad: record audio into AAC format [installed]
                  gst-plugins-ugly: record screen into H.264 format
Required By     : None
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 1525.10 KiB
Packager        : Ball
Build Date      : Tue Jul 7 07:17:47 2020
Install Date    : Thu Sep 24 08:37:37 2020
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

Sffred · 2020-09-24 12:56:43

Thanks a lot, after installing the ugly one, I have the x264 codec now. Though openh264, H.264 (Intel CPU) and MPEG-2 (Intel CPU) are still unavailable, but at least it functions.

GaKu999 · 2020-09-24 15:03:42

Sffred wrote:

Though openh264, H.264 (Intel CPU) and MPEG-2 (Intel CPU) are still unavailable, but at least it functions.

So far all I could find is that they are maybe AUR packages only, but idk which exactly...

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#1 2020-09-24 01:14:16

[Solved] x264 not available in screen casting softwares.

#2 2020-09-24 01:19:45

Re: [Solved] x264 not available in screen casting softwares.

#3 2020-09-24 12:54:03

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#4 2020-09-24 12:56:43

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#5 2020-09-24 15:03:42

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