First time installed Ubuntu, I can see the are two option for CTRL+Print Screen which are screenshot and screen recording. However after installing and upgrading other softwares, the screen recording is missing.
The quick solution apparently just simple as
rm -rf ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/
sudo apt install --reinstall gstreamer1.0-pipewire
sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt install gnome-session
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Thank you!
This works for Ubuntu 25.04 as well. more so after updates if it bombs.
No need too install (gnome-session) in U-25.04 (which says it was not installed on my ubuntu 25 via snaptic). I dunno if its part of anything or not.)
if the screen recorder does not show any recorded video graphics
Try editing
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
and chane the line that shows
#wayland=false
to
wayland=false
save and exit !
All credits to this site. And it worked for me. Simple screen recorder, OBS, and Blue-Recorder all work now as well as your fix for the missing video icon button.
https://medium.com/@scriptsar.info/solving-blank-screen-problem-during-screen-recording-on-ubuntu-22-04-ca4898bfbb1a