MXL Recorder getting started

System requirements

Linux distribution with glibc 2.17 or newer
The extent of hardware acceleration depends on the graphics card used and possibly on the driver version.

Installation options

Installation can be performed using an AppImage or a Self-extracting archive.

AppImage

Download

Download the installation package to the designated location such as the ~/Downloads directory and make it executable:

cd ~/Downloads
chmod a+x MXL_Recorder-3.*-x86_64.AppImage

Usage

The MXL Recorder product comprises mainly two components:

The backend provides the recorder service.
The frontend is used to create and test configurations and to integrate the recorder service into the system for automated recording.

Configuration

The MXL Recorder can be configured by executing:

./MXL_Recorder-3.*-x86_64.AppImage

Recording

After the configuration the recording can be started using the following command:

./MXL_Recorder-3.*-x86_64.AppImage --exec-recorder-service

Send signal SIGTERM (e.g. by CTRL-C) to the recorder service in order to gracefully stop the recording. An ungraceful termination makes the recorded file unseekable.

Starting the MXL Recorder with --help displays all command line arguments.

Uninstall

Just remove the AppImage from your system:

rm MXL_Recorder-3.*-x86_64.AppImage

Self-extracting archive

Download

Download the installation package to the designated location such as the /tmp directory and make it executable:

cd /tmp
chmod a+x MXL_Recorder-3.*-Linux-x86_64.run

Installation

Navigate to the directory where the MXL Recorder should be installed such as /opt, and execute the file with administrative privileges:

cd /opt
sudo /tmp/MXL_Recorder-3.*-Linux-x86_64.run