guacenc - Guacamole video encoder
guacenc [-s WIDTHxHEIGHT] [-r BITRATE]
[-f] [FILE]...
guacenc is a video encoder which accepts Guacamole protocol dumps, such
as those saved when screen recording is enabled on a Guacamole connection,
writing standard video files as output. guacenc is essentially an
implementation of a Guacamole client which accepts its input from files
instead of a network connection, and renders directly to video instead of to
the user's screen.
Each FILE specified will be encoded as MPEG-4 video to a
new file named FILE.m4v, encoded according to the other options
specified. By default, the output video will be 640x480
pixels, and will be saved with a bitrate of 2000000 bits per second
(2 Mbps). These defaults can be overridden with the -s and -r
options respectively. Existing files will not be overwritten; the encoding
process for any input file will be aborted if it would result in overwriting
an existing file.
Guacamole acquires a write lock on recordings as they are being
written. By default, guacenc will check whether the each input file
is locked and will refuse to read and encode an input file if it appears to
be an in-progress recording. This behavior can be overridden by specifying
the -f option. Encoding an in-progress recording will still result in
a valid video; the video will simply cover the user's session only up to the
current point in time.
- -s WIDTHxHEIGHT
- Changes the resolution of the video that guacenc renders. By
default, this will be 640x480.
- -r BITRATE
- Changes the bitrate that guacenc will use for the saved video. This
is specified in bits per second. By default, this will be 2000000
(2 Mbps). Higher values will result in larger but higher-quality video
files. Lower values will result in smaller but lower-quality video
files.
- -f
- Overrides the default behavior of guacenc such that input files
will be encoded even if they appear to be recordings of in-progress
Guacamole sessions.