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I am a Linux novice wishing to make screen recordings. I first tried Simple Screen Recorder The SSR menu list 4 things: Other, H.264 (not installed), VP8 (not supported container), Theora ( not supported by container )

I could only get "Other" to work. When I clicked on that, it gave me about 46 choices of "codec names." For example: mpeg4, h263, flv.

What would you recommend and do I need to install codecs ? Should I try Kazam ?

Obviously, I have not yet done enough research on my own. Someone recommended the H.264 codec, but I could not figure out how to install it.

when you initially log-in to your desktop, a few seconds later [or minutes, depends on your processor speed] the Mageia Welcome page is displayed.
codecs, audio and video can be installed directly from the "applications" tab.

You may need to enable first non-free and tainted on-line media if you have not already done so.

please copy the following into a root terminal and post back the results thanks:

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urpmq --list-media active

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sorry, cannot recommend a screen recorder, as I have yet to have a need for one

per your request

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[david@linux ~]$ urpmq --list-media active
Live Core
Live Nonfree
Core Release
Core Updates
Nonfree Release
Nonfree Updates
chrome_x86_64
google-chrome


thanks.

now :

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drakrpm-edit-media --expert

enter password at prompt

then check the boxes, such that you end up with:

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Core Release
Core Updates
Nonfree Release
Nonfree Updates
Tainted Release
Tainted Updates
Core 32bit Release
Core 32bit Updates
Nonfree 32bit Release
Nonfree 32bit Updates
Tainted 32bit Release
Tainted 32bit Updates

plus your

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chrome_x86_64
google-chrome

uncheck your live-core and live-nonfree, or the system will always ask you for that media. close the dialogue box
as root: check for updates:

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urpmi --auto-update

then:

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urpmi task-codec-audio
urpmi task-codec-video

this will install all required codecs

If I have a 64 bit system, why do I want to include the 32 bit repository files ?

the short answer is that sometimes a 32bit program is less buggy than the 64bit version

Isn't the more correct answer, that some precompiled programs (for instance the get-skype script for getting the precompiled skype package) simply needs some 32bit libraries even on a 64bit system?

benmc wrote:the short answer is that sometimes a 32bit program is less buggy than the 64bit version

That's not a short answer but a wrong answer. Actually quite the opposite is true generally speaking, nowadays most developers test only on 64bit systems so often libraries don't build/work without further patches on 32bit systems.

And the reason why the 32bit repos are enabled by default is for some legacy programs which need them like Latte mentioned. Apart from that there are a handful of 32bit-only programs, for example wine. (There's also wine64, but that is only for win64 platform, not what 99.5% of wine users want).

There is a way to bypass the problem.
Simple screen recorder offers the option to save the file as MKV instead of the mp4.
MKV video files play for me without adding anything to Mageia.
MP4 files recorded with simple screen recorder running working in Mageia do play in windows 10 using VLC
so the issue may be only a playback problem in older systems.

You know that the thread you are answering to is 6 years old?

And BTW Mageia 6 is EOL since Sep 2019 and had no single security update since.