GNOME Fixes Screencasting Issue With H.264 Recordings Being ~18x Larger Than VP8
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April 19, 2026
A fix today for GNOME Shell's screen casting/recording service was merged after it was reported that H.264 recordings using the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) are around 18x larger than they should be like when using the VP8 software fallback...
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