Can't Record video

[paul_1149]

Hi,

I'm on MX-17 Linux (debian 9.3 stable) x64, running an nvidia video card. I have VLC 2.2.8. When I Record a segment of a playing video, only the audio is captured.

I've tried most of the Video / output module settings, including OpenGL. One of them did record the video, but the audio didn't start until the video had finished playing. All the others recorded the audio fine, but no video.

I also reset my profile. Is there any solution to this?

Thanks.

[bettydalton]

paul_1149, I recognize your problem. And I have found the solution !

I had the same problem with audio and video. Probably a Linux issue I guess, because I didnt have any problems before with recording with Vlc. My problems started when I started switching to different versions of LinuxMint.

When I recorded a movie this happened: I got perfect sound, but no video. Then I got perfect video but no sound. And at the end of the recording for a few seconds I got audio and video combined.Additionally the recorded video refused to be placed in the dedicated folder which I chose in preferences.

After a search on this forum I found the solution to all my problems:

I read the advice from one of the developpers for another problem. He advised to update to Vlc 3.0.
I looked in software management for LinuxMint 18.3. and "Vlc (flathub)" was available for download. Vlc(flathub) is Vlc 3.0. Try it out. It worked for me.

[paul_1149]

Thank you, Betty. It seems to be working here also. The only weird thing is that the progress bar stays in the end position the whole time the recording is playing, so you can't tell where you actually are in the video. That's relatively minor, though.

Thanks again,
Paul