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I'm using the following command to capture my screen: ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080 -i :0.0+1920,0 -c:v libx264 artifact-test.mkv

The resulting video contains flickering artifacts that look a bit like portions of the background image come to the foreground for a few milliseconds: https://i.imgur.com/l9PDXD6.mp4

The video was recorded directly after a reboot with only a texteditor (Kate) running. The artifacts also occur when recording the screen without a running application but are harder to notice.

I'm using Manjaro Linux with:

  • KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.3
  • Qt Version: 5.11.2
  • KDE Frameworks Version: 5.52.0
  • Kernel Version: 4.14.81-1-MANJARO
  • OS Type: 64-bit

And the following ffmpeg installation:

ffmpeg version n4.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 8.2.1 (GCC) 20180831 configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static --disable-stripping --enable-fontconfig --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libdrm --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgsm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libjack --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-omx --enable-shared --enable-version3 libavutil 56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100 libavcodec 58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100 libavformat 58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100 libavdevice 58. 5.100 / 58. 5.100 libavfilter 7. 40.101 / 7. 40.101 libswscale 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100 libswresample 3. 3.100 / 3. 3.100 libpostproc 55. 3.100 / 55. 3.100

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If you have an Nvidia GPU, try disabling the OpenGL option "Allow Flipping" it causes this, at least for me it did

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  • After scouring countless forums, this tiny detail finally fixed it for me. +1 Commented Jun 9, 2020 at 1:28
  • how do i disable this? Commented Dec 29, 2020 at 10:29
  • @chovy smewhere in "Nvidia X Server Settings", sorry cant say exact location, because i didnt use an nvidia gpu in an long time, and the software for an laptop dosnt have this option (cannot find it) Commented Dec 30, 2020 at 11:47

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