RecApp, a simple application to record the desktop

In the next article we are going to take a look at RecApp. Is about a software for desktop recording. It is a free and open source program, as well as being very easy to use. This program uses GStreamer modules to record the screen, and does not depend on Ffmpeg. It was released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 and is written in python.

The application is so simple that we will find few options that need configuration. Among them we can establish three different frame rates (15, 30 and 60), delay recording, record mouse cursor and application audio. We will also be able to record and save our output files in three different formats, such as; mp4, mkv and webm.

This is not a new application, and we can find it available on Flathub. It will offer us the possibility of recording the screen in the simplest way, with hardly any parameters that we have to configure. Definitely It is not an app for the most demanding users given its simplicity, since the only thing this tool is going to do is record our screen using just a few clicks, with nothing else.

General characteristics of RecApp

The interface of this tool, as it was used, is also very simple. What we will see as soon as we open the application is everything that the tool offers us:

• If we press the circle button, located in the upper left, the program will directly record the entire desktop.
• The button with the brackets will allow us select an area of ​​the screen that we want to record. After selecting it, we will have to click on the circular button to start recording.
• In the button with the three lines, which we will find in the upper part of the program window, we will find application information.
• This tool It's only available in English, but since we can configure very few things, it shouldn't be a problem for anyone.
• As possible options to configure we will find:
  • The frames per second that we will be able to choose. The options go between; 15, or 30 60.
  • We are also going to find the possibility of set a delay. This is the time in seconds that the program will wait to start recording.
  • In the format option, we will be able to select the format in which we want to save the file. We can select between; webm, mkv and mp4.
  • We will also have the possibility of record in higher quality, record audio from running applications or we will find the possibility of record mouse cursor.
  • The last option to configure will be the path where the videos will be saved.

Install RecApp Screen Recording on Ubuntu

We will find this software available as a flatpak package for Ubuntu. Before proceeding with its installation, we must install flatpak and flathub in our system. If you still do not have this technology, you can follow the tutorial for Ubuntu 20.04 a colleague wrote about it on this very page.

Once support for flatpak is enabled in Ubuntu, we should already have the possibility to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and run the following command to start the installation of the RecApp Screen Recording application:

flatpak install flathub com.github.amikha1lov.RecApp

Once the installation is finished, we can open the program using the following command In the terminal:

flatpak run com.github.amikha1lov.RecApp

We will also be able to start the program by searching for the launcher that we will find available in our team:

uninstall

If this program does not convince you, you can easily uninstall it. You just have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and use the command:

flatpak uninstall com.github.amikha1lov.RecApp

With this tool, users who are not looking for something professional and who just want to be able to quickly record their desktop, now have another option for desktop recording, simple and easy to use. If you want know more about this project, users can consult the page on GitHub of the project.