guacenc(1) Apache Guacamole guacenc(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

guacenc - Guacamole video encoder

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**guacenc** \[**-s** *WIDTH*x*HEIGHT*] \[**-r** *BITRATE*] \[**-f**] \[*FILE*]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**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 *640*x*480* 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.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-s** *WIDTH*x*HEIGHT*](#s)

Changes the resolution of the video that **guacenc** renders. By default, this will be *640*x*480*.

[**-r** *BITRATE*](#r)

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**](#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.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**guaclog**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/guacamole-server/guaclog.1)

26 Jan 2018 version 1.6.0

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Document: guacenc(1) from guacamole-server 1.6.0-r15 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/apache/guacamole-server