Screen recorder for Ubuntu 18.04 (Wayland)

Question

Ubuntu 18.04 uses Wayland, which gtk-recordmydesktop does not support (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_pixel'). I ried pressing Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R it freezed my computer and I had to hard-reboot it after 5 minutes.

How to record my Ubuntu 18.04 desktop?

• Gratis, ideally open source.
• Outputs video in a format that YouTube can digest, if possible without needing intermediate conversions.
• Shows my mouse, and ideally shows when I click.
• Ability to select a particular area of the screen.
• Ideally with a small GUI or shortcut to easily stop the video.
• Bonus if it can record desktop sounds, and the microphone.

For past versions of Ubuntu please check Screen Recorder for Ubuntu

Answer 1

You can achieve this with peek and key-mon.

Install them:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peek-developers/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install peek key-mon

Then start them:

key-mon --visible_click
peek

Select the area you want to record.

key-mon shows the key presses and clicks, while peek records the video.

• The GUI is rather unintrusive and allow for easy selection of the area to record.
• Free and open source.
• Can record as WebM.
• Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 as of February 2018.
• No sound it seems.