---
name: "libinput-analyze-recording"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libinput-tools"
version: "1.32.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libinput-analyze-recording"
---

# libinput-analyze-recording(1)

analyze a device recording

## NAME

libinput-analyze-recording - analyze a device recording

## SYNOPSIS

**libinput analyze recording \[--help\] \[options\] *recording.yml***

## DESCRIPTION

The **libinput analyze recording** tool analyzes a recording made with **libinput record** and prints a tabular summary of the events in that recording.

This is a debugging tool only, its output may change at any time. Do not rely on the output.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Print help

## OUTPUT

An example output for a tablet sequence is below.

```
Time    |      X |      Y | PRESSURE | DISTANCE |   MISC | SERIAL
-----------------------------------------------------------------
  0.000 |   9717 |   6266 |          |       63 |  0x862 | 0x9a805597 | BTN_TOOL_PEN
  0.005 |   9709 |        |          |          |        | 0x9a805597 | BTN_TOOL_PEN
  0.012 |   9701 |        |          |          |        | 0x9a805597 | BTN_TOOL_PEN
  0.020 |   9692 |   6269 |          |          |        | 0x9a805597 | BTN_TOOL_PEN
  0.028 |   9680 |   6277 |          |          |        | 0x9a805597 | BTN_TOOL_PEN
  0.034 |   9668 |   6279 |          |          |        | 0x9a805597 | BTN_TOOL_PEN
  0.042 |   9654 |   6282 |          |          |        | 0x9a805597 | BTN_TOOL_PEN
```

## LIBINPUT

Part of the **[libinput(1)](/libinput/1.md)** suite