TomFilms
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Recording the Raspberry Pi screen

Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:03 am

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, or unable to be achieved. But for an assessment, I need to write and show Python code in the form of a game, I was wondering if it was possible and how I can record the Raspberry Pi screen, I don't really want to record with a separate camera due to quality issues.

Thank you :D

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Re: Recording the Raspberry Pi screen

Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:28 am

TomFilms wrote:I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, or unable to be achieved. But for an assessment, I need to write and show Python code in the form of a game, I was wondering if it was possible and how I can record the Raspberry Pi screen, I don't really want to record with a separate camera due to quality issues.

Thank you :D
Do you want still shots or video?

What I do is remote connect the RPi to my Windows machine with ssh or RealVNC and then:
[Alt] [Pint Screen] to capture an image of the current open window.
-or-
[CTRL] [Pint Screen] to capture the whole screen.
Then you can Paste [CTRL] v, the screenshot into any open document..... Word, paint etc.

If using Windows 10 then there is a built in video capture tool. I have not used this and don't know what format the videos end up in?
See: http://gizmodo.com/windows-10-is-hiding ... 1719196149
Unless specified otherwise my response is based on the latest and fully updated RPiOS Buster w/ Desktop OS.

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