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What is the ffmpeg command to record screen and internal audio (on Ubuntu 18.04)?

I'll omit the many things I tried that did not work and skip to the something close to what I am looking for;

V="$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | perl -pe 's/.* ([0-9]+x[0-9]+) .*/$1/g')"
A="$(pacmd list-sources | grep -PB 1 "analog.*monitor>" | head -n 1 | perl -pe 's/.* //g')"
F="$(date --iso-8601=minutes).mkv"
ffmpeg -video_size "$V" -framerate 10 -f x11grab -i :0.0 -f pulse -ac 2 -i "$A" "$F"

I can get video but no audio.

parecord -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor example.wav # index: 1

will get audio.

Framerate applied to both streams, but since ffmpeg documentation examples are scattered I'll leave an answer here

A="$(pacmd list-sources | grep -PB 1 "analog.*monitor>" | head -n 1 | perl -pe 's/.* //g')"
F="$(date --iso-8601=minutes | perl -pe 's/[^0-9]+//g').mkv"
V="$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | perl -pe 's/.* ([0-9]+x[0-9]+) .*/$1/g')"
ffmpeg -loglevel error -video_size "$V" -f x11grab -i :0.0 -f pulse -i "$A" -f pulse -i default -filter_complex amerge -ac 2 -preset veryfast "$F"

where

#A=1
#F=2018121711440500.mkv
#V=2560x1440

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  ffmpeg the tool


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  -loglevel error only print errors


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  -video_size "$V" resolution of your screen (or less if you only want a subsection recorded)


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  -f x11grab record the screen (screen recordings may not be possible on wayland?)


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  -i :0.0 the X11 screen ID, (can also add +x,y for offset)


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  -f pulse the audio driver


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  -i "$A" the id of the audio stream


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  -f pulse the audio driver again (maybe not needed?)


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  -i default normally the system microphone


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  -filter_complex amerge merge the 2 audio streams


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  -ac 2 convert the 4 audio channels to 2


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  -preset veryfast go light on video encoding to avoid stuttering


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  "$F" the output file

Remember that the parameter order matters,
and pavucontrol can re-map audio only while ffmpeg is running.