Capture Windows screen with ffmpeg

Question

The ffmpeg is cross-platform and very powerful software to handle video/audio or to stream it. On Linux ffmpeg can capture X11 screen with a command below:

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Answer 1

http://nerdlogger.com/2011/11/03/stream-your-windows-desktop-using-ffmpeg/

explains how to do it.

basically, install uscreencapture dshow filter, then ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="UScreenCapture" out.mp4