How To Record Videos Without Microphone or System Audio With RecordMyDesktop - Ubuntu/Linux Mint

In this tip, we will see how to configure RecordMyDesktop to not record audio coming from your microphone or system.

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1. Open the terminal and install first the "pavucontrol" package with this command:

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

2. Launch now RecordMyDesktop and start recording a video.

3. While RecordMyDesktop is recording, start pavucontrol with this command:

 pavucontrol

4. In the "Recording" tab, click the dropdown menu and select "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo":

From now on, RecordMyDesktop will record videos without sound.

Note: this configuration doesn't affect other installed applications.