Recording screencasts

GNOME runs on NixOS by default using Wayland, however Peek works only in X. For the Ema demo, I recorded a short screencast spawning two windows, VSCode and web browser, as follows:

  • Disconnect from external monitor
  • Logout and login choosing X over Wayland in the login screen
  • Go to display settings: reduce resolution and increase scalling
  • Arrange two windows side by side
  • Open Peek and record

Some tips before recording:

  • Practice a few attempts before; it is good to avoid unnecessary delays, and unnecessary UI interactions and dialogs

The screencast I produced is available here (and is used in this blog post). It weighs almost 700KB, though perhaps it could be compressed (ffmpeg?) without much loss in quality.

#micro