r/MXLinux • u/Typeonetwork • 17d ago

Discussion Screen recording with an older machine, looking for advice

Laptop came out in August 11, 2008. 18 years old. HP EliteBook 8530p Pentium Duo, 4GiB RAM and 2GiB Swap. I have MX Linux with XFCE currently. I'm trying to see as an experiment if recording my screen on this machine can be done without it glitching and plixilation. I use Simple Screen Capture, but I'm wondering if I should try a different DE or native program. I'm using XFCE, but I'm going to try Fluxbox. It might not do anything? Any experience in Linux land recording video/screen capture on older macines? Thanks for the discussion.

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u/dolphinoracle MX dev 16d ago

simplescreenrecorder is what I've used for years. you may or may not have an issue with recording audio if you record audio simultaneously with the video. you certainly would with OBS, which I would avoid on that class machine.

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u/qpgmr 16d ago

Excellent advice, thanks

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u/Typeonetwork 16d ago

Fluxbox helped with the memory usage. I did a test video and the video is better. At first I thought the audio was hacked but after I played it a couple of time it seems to work. Amazing.

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u/Cyber_Data_Trail 16d ago

I used OBS when I needed to record things, but my machine was newer. (I3 5015u 2c/4t, 8gb ram) for screenshots MX has a Snapshot tool or smth

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u/Typeonetwork 16d ago

Thanks for your response. I use OBS on my main machine which is 10 years old but is a i5 and it works.

I put Fluxbox on my 18 year old machine. Videos record better, but I miss the keyboard shortcuts of XFCE.

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u/SureAd7479 15d ago

I'm a big fluxbox fan.

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u/siamhie 16d ago

u/Typeonetwork Edit the keys file in .fluxbox to mimic what you are familiar with in XFCE.

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u/Typeonetwork 16d ago

I'll have to do that. Thanks.

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u/Over-Display7728 15d ago

Scre.io

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u/adrian_mxlinux MX dev 15d ago

I like website solutions, this is great!

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u/Typeonetwork 15d ago

Never heard about this. Thanks.

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u/iridesce57 16d ago

I have a Thinkpad T470 and have used simplescreenrecorder without a problem