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This document describes ways how to make evidence in form of screenshots or videos. It is mainly helpful and intended for members of the Test Team however it might be useful for for regular users as well, especially when they need to document game issues for a ticket or game forum post. The document is separated into three sections by client platform and, in case of video recording, is not meant as help with live streaming. The client itself contains feature to capture screenshots and this functionality is described in Screenshot help on this wiki.

Windows

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Linux

Linux screenshot capture interface

SimpleScreenRecorder window with input settings

Most of end-user Linux distributions come with various tools that can do the job. Some of them are already part of your desktop environment, other can be installed from your distribution package repository. It is not aim of this document to describe all existing utilities

Screenshot

Most of Linux graphical environments have built-in a way how to capture desktop screenshots already. It is usually accessible by pressing the PrintScreen (sometimes PrtScn) key on your keyboard. It is located right to F12 key, above Insert key. This will work in case you are using MATE, Cinnamon or Gnome desktop.

In case that your environment does not support this feature, you can use one of following alternatives:

The GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program. Choose File > Create > Screenshot from the main menu.
ImageMagick, a command line driven utility. Execute import -window root ~/file_name.png command to take screenshot of your desktop and save it to your home directory. Consult the man page for more options.

Video recording

You can use SimpleScreenRecorder to record a video of your desktop environment. It is Qt-based a libre software that allows you to specify shortcut to start and stop recording.

Another option is to use byzanz, a command line utility that will record your desktop as an animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) image. Please note that the record will suffer the format limitations with small colour palette because support for True color using separated image blocks is not supported. Execute byzanz-record ~/file_name.gif to record your desktop and save it to your home directory. Consult the man page for more options.

Keys pressed

In some special cases it might be needed to also record keys that you press on your keyboard. You can use the Screenkey utility in combination with desktop recording.

macOS