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NAME
     simplescreenrecorder - A feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and
     OpenGL.

SYNOPSIS
     simplescreenrecorder [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
     SimpleScreenRecorder  is  a  feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11
     and OpenGL. It has a Qt-based graphical user interface. It can  record  the
     entire  screen  or  part of it, or record OpenGL applications directly. The
     recording can be paused and resumed at any time. Many different  file  for-
     mats and codecs are supported.

OPTIONS
     --help
	    Show this help message.

     --version
	    Show version information.

     --settingsfile=FILE
	    Load  and  save  program  settings	to FILE. If omitted, ~/.ssr/set-
	    tings.conf is used.

     --logfile[=FILE]
	    Write  log	messages  to  FILE.  If  FILE  is  omitted,  ~/.ssr/log-
	    DATE_TIME.txt is used.

     --statsfile[=FILE]
	    Write   recording	statistics   to   FILE.   If  FILE  is	omitted,
	    /dev/shm/simplescreenrecorder-stats-PID is used. It will be  updated
	    continuously and deleted when the recording page is closed.

     --no-systray
	    Don't show the system tray icon.

     --start-hidden
	    Start the application in hidden form.

     --start-recording
	    Start the recording immediately.

     --activate-schedule
	    Activate the recording schedule immediately.

     --syncdiagram
	    Show synchronization diagram (for debugging).

     --benchmark
	    Run the internal benchmark.

COMMANDS ACCEPTED THROUGH STDIN
     record-start
	    Start the recording.

     record-pause
	    Pause the recording.

     record-cancel
	    Cancel the recording and delete the output file.

     record-save
	    Finish the recording and save the output file.

     schedule-activate
	    Activate the recording schedule.

     schedule-deactivate
	    Deactivate the recording schedule.

     window-show
	    Show the application window.

     window-hide
	    Hide the application window.

     quit   Quit the application.

FILE LOCATIONS
     The  files used by SimpleScreenRecorder can be found in the following loca-
     tions:

     Settings:
	    ~/.ssr/settings.conf

     Logs:
	    ~/.ssr/logs/

     Input profiles:
	    /usr/share/simplescreenrecorder/input-profiles/
	    ~/.ssr/input-profiles/

     Output profiles:
	    /usr/share/simplescreenrecorder/output-profiles/
	    ~/.ssr/output-profiles/

     Translations:
	    /usr/share/simplescreenrecorder/translations/

SEE ALSO
     More documentation can be found at:
     https://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/

SimpleScreenRecorder		    May 2020		 SIMPLESCREENRECORDER(1)

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