Bug 474798 - Wayland / Screencast: add ability to record audio along with video
Summary: Wayland / Screencast: add ability to record audio along with video
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 23.08.1
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Noah Davis
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: 508551 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2023-09-23 07:29 UTC by Peter Ries
Modified: 2025-08-31 04:16 UTC (History)
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Description Peter Ries 2023-09-23 07:29:25 UTC 
Feature request (if not already on list)

As Plasma / Wayland breaks Simple Screen Recorder and other tools like Wayfarer or Kooha didn't for for whatever reason on my machine and OBS Studio is too bloat for a simple recording of an e. g. Websession SPACTACLE would be sufficient for that case - if it could record an audio device as well.

Would be perfect if thic can be implemented in the future.
Comment 1 Noah Davis 2023-12-13 21:28:59 UTC 
I think supporting audio would be nice. We don't currently have a way to do that with the backends we have, AFAIK.
Comment 2 Kaloian Kozlev 2025-05-21 12:06:40 UTC 
I'm commenting for reach! 

Spectacle is a superb tool. I think that adding audio would make it a simple but versatile solution for screenshots and quick video recording.
Comment 3 Filip 2025-08-21 18:34:15 UTC 
*** Bug 508551 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 gdpr 2025-08-31 04:16:54 UTC 
I was going to raise a request for this too.

There are no great tools for recording screen right now, in a way that I can create a hotkey for it and select a rectangle in a straightforward way.

Spectacle does exactly that, but unfortunately it doesn't record the system audio (or any audio at all).

Thank you!