P2-Record

Linux game clip recorder — like Medal.tv or ShadowPlay, but native.

P2-Record runs silently in the background, recording your screen into a rolling ring buffer. Press a hotkey and the last N seconds are saved as a clip. No browser, no cloud, no subscription.

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Features

• Ring buffer — FFmpeg runs continuously, only the last N seconds are kept
• VAAPI hardware encoding — h264_vaapi via AMD/Intel GPU, near-zero CPU overhead
• Wayland & X11 — xdg-desktop-portal + PipeWire on Wayland, x11grab on X11, auto-detected
• Flexible audio — None / Desktop / Mic / Both (mixed via FFmpeg amix)
• Global hotkeys — evdev backend (works even with grabbed inputs), X11 fallback
• Clip library — thumbnails, duration, date; open or delete without a file manager
• GTK4 + Libadwaita — native look, dark mode, system theme integration
• DE / EN — full UI in German and English

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Installation

AUR (recommended)

yay -S p2record-git

Manual

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/p2record-git.git
cd p2record-git
makepkg -si

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Default hotkeys

Key	Action
F8	Start / stop recording
F9	Save clip (last N seconds)

Hotkeys are freely configurable in the settings.

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Requirements

Required: python python-gobject gtk4 libadwaita ffmpeg python-evdev python-xlib python-dbus gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugin-pipewire

Wayland: xdg-desktop-portal + one of: xdg-desktop-portal-gnome / -kde / -wlr

Audio: pipewire-pulse (recommended) or pulseaudio

Optional: libayatana-appindicator (system tray)

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How it works

FFmpeg (ring buffer)
  └─ writes 5-second segments continuously
       └─ F9 pressed → SIGUSR1 → FFmpeg cuts at next keyframe
            └─ last N segments → ffmpeg concat → clip.mkv

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Bugs & feature requests

Please use the GitHub Issues page. Use the Bug Report template and include terminal output (p2record run from terminal).

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License

MIT