Install VokoscreenNG 4.1.0 on Debian 12 and Ubuntu 24.04.

What is VokoscreenNG?

VokoscreenNG is an easy-to-use screencast maker for recording educational videos, live browser recordings, installation, video conferences, etc. VokoscreenNG is a desktop recorder application for Linux operating systems (OpenSuse, Ubuntu, and Debian).

VokoscreenNG allows you to record a video session on your computer's desktop. Easy to install and use, the software is inexpensive. It also allows you to record audio, configure formats, enable your webcam, record in full screen, or select windows.

The program is very simple and uses a minimalist GUI. You can also
Capture your face using a webcam at the same time, making this feature especially suitable for screencasting. Another feature is direct capture from IEEE 1394 digital cameras.

This program uses the functions ffmpeg and save the capture in some formats, such as AVI, MP4, FLV and MKV for video and MP3 for audio.

vokoscreenNG 4.1.0 has been released, it is a free and open source screen recorder for Windows and Linux by the lead developer of vokoscreenNG: Volker Kohaupt.

Feature and Bug Fixes: Version 4.1.0 April 1, 2024.

Record entire desktop, window, or selected area
Supports mkv, mp4, webm, avi, mov containers
Supports x264 and vp8 video codecs
Compatible with Vorbis, flac, opus and mp3 audio codecs
Expand overlay
Add a webcam window (optionally borderless) to the screen
Countdown timer before recording
Supports timed recording

Changes, version and bug fixes:

Windows: Added window recording
Windows: Redistributable removed, only required files included
Windows: New display manager based on GStreamer
Linux: Changed everything from Q_OS_LINUX to Q_OS_UNIX
Windows: Changing gdiscreencapsrc to d3d11screencapturesrc
Windows: GIF added
Windows: Switch from MINGW to MSVC
Qt: Minimum version 6.6.0
Wayland: Snapshot added
Wayland: Simple camera support based on pipewire
Linux: Logo adapted for Flatpak
GUI: Better display when moving the mouse over the buttons
Wayland: Logo adapted for Flatpak
Wayland: All existing settings will now be saved
Readme: Adapted to the latest version
Camera: Frameless not working on Linux Desktop MATE
Translation: Updated

Requirements:

VokoscreenNG is based on Qt6 and GStreamer.

// Instalación de Codecs de Audio y Video para VokoscreenNG
$ sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
$ sudo apt install ffmpeg
$ sudo apt install lame
$ sudo apt install dvdauthor
$ sudo apt install flac
$ sudo apt install mencoder
$ sudo apt install x264
$ sudo apt install libavcodec-extra
$ sudo apt install vorbis-tools
$ sudo apt install twolame
$ sudo apt install libfaac0
$ sudo apt install libvoaacenc-ocaml
$ sudo apt install pulseaudio

We are going to install via the distro repository:

// Debian: 
$ sudo apt install vokoscreen-ng
// Fedora: 
$ sudo dnf install vokoscreenNG
// openSUSE (Tumbleweed and Leap): 
$ sudo zypper install vokoscreenNG
// Ubuntu: 
$ sudo apt install vokoscreen-ng
// Arch linux: 
$ sudo pacman -S vokoscreen

By Flatpak

$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
$ flatpak install flathub com.github.vkohaupt.vokoscreenNG
$ flatpak run com.github.vkohaupt.vokoscreenNG

Add this PPA to your system for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS

You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps to your system's software sources from Linux user Panda Jim.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install vokoscreen-ng

Compiling and installing VokoscreenNG from source on Debian 12, MX-Linux 23.2 .

The author and developer of VokoscreenNG should have a GitHub repository with a stable version and another repository with a Beta version.

On Debian/Ubuntu, these requirements can be met by compiling and installing, running

// Versiónes con compatibilidad con Qt 5
$ sudo apt install libgstreamer1.0-dev qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools libqt5x11extras5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins qtbase5-dev git

// Versiónes con compatibilidad con Qt 6.6 en VokoscreenNG 4.1.0
$ sudo apt install libgstreamer1.0-dev  git
$ sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0

// Gstreamer:
$ sudo apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-qt6 gstreamer1.0-pipewire gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-vaapi gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-apps gstreamer1.0-libcamera gstreamer-qapt

Qt framework 6.6 Installation in: https://javiercachon.com/blog/qt-framework-6-6-x-open-source-on-debian-12-mx-linux-23-linux-mint-and-ubuntu-22-04-lts/ 

Gstreamer Codecs Installation on: https:/blog/framework-multimedia-gstreamer-en-debian-12-ubuntu-linux-mint-y-mxlinux-23-2/

Compiling and Installing:

// Nos situamos en el directorio /opt
$ cd /opt
// Clonar el repositorio de git:
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/vkohaupt/vokoscreenNG.git
$ cd vokoscreenNG
$ cd src
$ $ sudo qmake6 vokoscreenNG.pro && sudo make

This will create an executable "vokoscreenNG" in the directory /vokoscreenNG/src

$ ./vokoscreenNG

To create the executable icon of the application in /usr/share/applications for the Desktop:

$ sudo vim /usr/share/applications/vokoscreen-ng.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Vokoscreen-NG
GenericName=Creador de Screencast
GenericName[de]=Screencast-Erstellung
Comment=Grabador de escritorio fácil de usar versión 4.1.0.
Exec=/opt/vokoscreenNG/src/vokoscreenNG
Icon=/opt/vokoscreenNG/src/applications/vokoscreenNG.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;Recorder;
Keywords=Player;Capture;Audio;Video;Screencast;GStreamer;

// Permisos al icono de VokoscreenNG en el desktop
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/share/applications/vokoscreen-ng.desktop

They already have Vokoscreen-NG on Debian 12 and derivatives for recording educational videos, live browser recordings, installation, video conferences, etc. You can capture a single video or video and sound (via ALSA or PulseAudio).