[INFO] how to get KAZAM working on Mageia 8

[kajosim]

For my use Kazam is a good screen recorder, at least when selecting to record a window (eg a video in Firefox)
Many has reported problems on other distributions. The following solved my problems.

Use Mageia 8 Plasma.
In MCC install Kazam

Then as root :

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cd /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kazam/pulseaudio/
sed "s/time.clock()/time.perf_counter()/g" -i pulseaudio.py


In many case there will be no sound (from speaker driver) which may require some fiddling:

check Kazam File > preferences for selecting the right speaker output.

In System Tray right click on loudspeaker and configure Adio - in left pane choose Audio and select tab Advanced . Here select the right profile.

It is common for laptops to have only one mini-jack combining microphone and speaker/headset .In that case the profile may be "stereo duplex" which did not give me any speaker sound. Choosing "Analog Stereo Output" and the sound was working.
This is working for me on ThinkPad E15 , X270 and ASUS vivobook
All laptops has FullHD screens and recording in full screen do give some flicker, but a window of about 1200x800 is perfect. Keep in mind the computer has to decode and encode at the same time continously.

Regards.

[morgano]

I thank you on behalf of those needing this.
It would be even greater if you write it as a wiki page

[kajosim]

I was hoping that it will get fixed (maybe in Mageia 9)

Morgano : When you say a wiki page I think you mean : https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Documentation - it should go somewhere under Software and a new subject Screen Recorder .
I have never written a wiki . IMHO there should be a few people that make sure that the overall layout of the wiki is consistent and easy to use. I am a little afraid of messing things up when I have never written a wiki.

You or somebody else are free to copy my text and write a wiki.

Regards.

[doktor5000]

I don't think this should be put in the wiki. If it's a reproducible issue that effects multiple users, report it as a bug and it should be fixed for everyone.
See https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly

FWIW something similar or the same has already been reported as https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29032