Features Screen Recording

Screen Recording

PipeWire-based screen recording via the GNOME ScreenCast portal.

Note: The canonical documentation for screen recording is in screencast_video_recording.md. This page is a convenience alias.

• Real-time video capture via PipeWire
• Web dashboard at http://localhost:20129 for monitoring and control
• Event broadcasting on screencast.* patterns for real-time updates
• MCP-exposed actions for AI agent control

Start Recording

deskbrid screencast.start { output_path: "/tmp/recording.mp4" }

Parameters:

• output_path: file path (required). Supports %Y%m%d_%H%M%S strftime.
• audio: boolean (default: false)
• camera: boolean (default: false)
• cursor: boolean (default: true)

Stop Recording

deskbrid screencast.stop

Web Dashboard

The dashboard at http://localhost:20129 shows:

• Live capture preview
• Recording status and duration
• Stop controls
• Audio level visualization
• Frame rate and resolution

Events

Subscribe to:

• screencast.started
• screencast.stopped
• screencast.frame
• screencast.error

{"type":"event.subscribe","events":["screencast.*"]}