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How to select display to record in RecordMyDesktop

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I have a dual monitor setup and wish to only record the 1st monitor with recordmydesktop, but I am unsure of the settings to do this via the command line. So far I have this:

recordmydesktop --display=1 --width=1920 height=1080 --fps=15 --no-sound --delay=10

But I get this error message:

Cannot connect to X server 1

How do I find the right X server to connect to and are the rest of my settings correct?

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answered 1 Year ago lasagnerhead · Accepted Answer

You have no need to set the display to 1 since probably you are running a multi- screen setup on the same X server.

The correct command would be:

recordmydesktop --display=0 --width=1920 --height=1080 --fps=15 --no-sound --delay=10

Reduce the width and the height parameters if that is including your 2nd screen.