How to get snap installed SimpleScreenRecorder to save output file to removable media? [duplicate]

I installed SimpleScreenRecorder with command:

$ sudo snap install simplescreenrecorder

I then tried to configure a record session so that the output would be saved on a USB drive, but as soon as I try and access the /media folder for the Save As path, I get the following error:

Having experienced the same issue with GIMP in an earlier post, I tried the following command (which worked for GIMP) to solve the problem:

$ sudo snap connect simplescreenrecorder:removable-media

However, that resulted in the following error message:

error: snap "simplescreenrecorder" has no plug named "removable-media"

Is it possible to have SimpleScreenRecorder output to removable media, or is there a technical barrier preventing this?

Update:I find that SimpleScreenRecorder is now available to install from apt directly. So I removed the snap version:

sudo snap remove simplescreenrecorder

Then installed from apt:

sudo apt install simplescreenrecorder

The trust and permissions that come with being a core apt package means the application has access to removable media without further configuration.

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1 Answer

Currently we have "good" and "bad" snaps:

• "Bad" snaps do not have access to removable-media.
• "Good" snaps have access to removable-media. I created small list of them in other answer.

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In your particular case (as you already wrote):

snap connect simplescreenrecorder:removable-media

will return

error: snap "simplescreenrecorder" has no plug named "removable-media"`. 

So it can't access removable media by design.

But you have other option - remove this nice snap with

snap remove simplescreenrecorder

and install version from APT (as it is available in the universe repository):

sudo apt install simplescreenrecorder