Summary
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Spectacle can record audio (microphone, system or both) in Plasma 6.8 – no more silent screen videos.
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Plasma 6.8 speeds up Spectacle by eliminating a rather voluminous software library.
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System Monitor will display the VRAM usage percentage, just like it does with regular RAM.
KDE does an incredible job of equipping newcomers with the essential applications. When you install Plasma, you also get great tools like KDE Connect, which acts similar to Microsoft’s Windows Your Phone but is open source. Additionally, Plasma has its own screenshot tool called Spectacle, which gets the job done… for the most part.
Look, while Spectacle can capture windows and regions very well, it’s a little lacking in the video recording department. You can record video, but audio is currently unavailable, so every recording you make is done silently. Fortunately, it won’t be long until this quirk is fixed, as Plasma 6.8 will finally let you record from your PC audio or your microphone.
Plasma 6.8 will finally allow you to record audio with your recordings
Now everyone can see your cool gaming moment with audio
On the KDE blog website, the community has published a new post “This Week in Plasma”. It’s a weekly recap where the community compiles everything that happened over the past week and presents it as a handy preview of what we can expect from future versions of Plasma.
The focus feature, and something I’ve really wanted from Spectacle for a while:
Spectacle now gives you the option to record audio during screen recordings! You can capture audio from the microphone, audio output from the system, or both.
This is really important, since audio recording was pretty much the only crucial feature Spectacle was missing. The bad news is that it’s scheduled for KDE Plasma 6.8, which should be released in October, so there’s still a bit of a wait. Fortunately, Plasma 6.8 will also speed up Spectacle with the removal of a “pretty thick” software library and will also allow System Monitor to show you the VRAM usage percentage like it does with regular RAM. Good things come to those who wait.
