ed39d3d873935defcbda978e7db8325fcd3e0d68
Oracle P2 plan step 1+2+missed-fields. Locks in the audit cleanup so
future PRs can't regress the 0-errors / deny-unsafe / 79-tests baseline.
- .github/workflows/ci.yml: two jobs on ubuntu-latest (Linux only —
project is Wayland/VAAPI-specific, no macOS/Windows story).
* build-test: installs ffmpeg + libavcodec/libavformat/libavutil/
libswscale/libva dev + libwayland + libdrm + libpipewire-0.3-dev
+ libclang-dev/llvm-14 (LIBCLANG_PATH pinned); caches cargo +
target; runs clippy -> build --release -> test --release.
Release build before tests is mandatory because
tests/integration_test.rs shells out to target/release/wl-webrtc.
* audit: installs cargo-audit and runs 'cargo audit --deny warnings'
as a separate job so a RUSTSEC advisory fails the build
independently of compile state.
No -D warnings on clippy yet — undocumented_unsafe_blocks is already
deny via Cargo.toml; remaining warnings are advisory and can be
tightened later.
- Cargo.toml: pin rust-version = '1.70' to match README's claim.
Without this, cargo builds silently on older toolchains and surfaces
errors as cryptic parse failures instead of a clean version-mismatch
message. Oracle flagged this as a missing field during P2 review.
License field intentionally omitted — repo has no LICENSE file and no
publication plan yet. Add when publication becomes a goal.
Verified locally: YAML parses, cargo build --release Finished in 9.82s,
cargo test --release 79 passed, cargo clippy 0 errors.
wl-webrtc
Wayland screen capture and encoding tool.
Prerequisites
- Rust toolchain (1.70+):
rustup default stable - FFmpeg 6.0+ dev libraries with VAAPI support:
- Arch:
pacman -S ffmpeg - Ubuntu/Debian:
apt install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libva-dev - Fedora:
dnf install ffmpeg-devel libva-devel
- Arch:
- Wayland dev libraries:
- Arch:
pacman -S wayland-protocols - Ubuntu/Debian:
apt install libwayland-dev wayland-protocols - Fedora:
dnf install wayland-devel wayland-protocols-devel
- Arch:
- DRM dev libraries:
- Arch:
pacman -S libdrm - Ubuntu/Debian:
apt install libdrm-dev - Fedora:
dnf install libdrm-devel
- Arch:
Build
cargo build --release
Run
# Basic capture to file
wl-webrtc --output output.mp4
# With custom FPS and bitrate
wl-webrtc --output output.mp4 --fps 60 --bitrate 8000000
# Specify DRM device for hardware encoding
wl-webrtc --output output.mp4 --drm-device /dev/dri/renderD128
# Verbose mode
wl-webrtc --output output.mp4 -v
# WebRTC streaming mode (HTTP signaling server)
wl-webrtc --port 8080 -v
# Force a fresh portal authorization dialog (ignore saved restore token)
wl-webrtc --output output.mp4 --no-persist
# Pin the capture backend instead of auto-detecting
wl-webrtc --output output.mp4 --backend portal # or: --backend screencopy
CLI Arguments
src/args.rsis the authoritative source. Runwl-webrtc --helpfor the live list.
| Argument | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
-o, --output |
(optional) | Output file path (e.g. output.mp4). Optional when using --port for WebRTC mode. |
--output-name |
auto | Wayland output name to capture |
--fps |
30 | Target frames per second |
--codec |
h264 | Video codec (h264 only for MVP) |
--hw-accel |
vaapi | Hardware acceleration method |
--drm-device |
auto | DRM render device path |
--bitrate |
auto | Target bitrate in bps |
--max-bitrate |
8000000 | Max bitrate cap for WebRTC mode (caps BWE escalation; no effect in MP4 mode) |
--gop-size |
auto | Group of Pictures size |
-v, --verbose |
false | Enable verbose logging |
--backend |
auto | Capture backend: screencopy (wlroots) or portal (KWin/KDE). Auto-detected if omitted. |
--port |
0 | WebRTC HTTP signaling server port. 0 keeps MP4 file output mode. |
--no-persist |
false | Force re-authorization (ignore saved portal restore token) |
--stats |
false | Print per-second pipeline statistics for stutter diagnosis |
Capture backends
The tool supports two Wayland capture backends, auto-detected by default:
- wlr-screencopy (preferred when
zwlr_screencopy_manager_v1is advertised): works on wlroots-based compositors (Sway, Hyprland, etc.). - XDG Portal / PipeWire (fallback when D-Bus ScreenCast is available):
works on KWin/KDE and any compositor that implements the XDG Desktop Portal
screen-cast protocol. The first run shows an authorization dialog; a restore
token is cached under
wl-webrtc/portal-restore-tokenso subsequent runs don't re-prompt (use--no-persistto force a fresh authorization).
Languages
Rust
98.7%
Shell
1.2%