Komentarze do: Screencasts in Ubuntu, part 1: recordmydesktop http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/ All About GNU/Linux and BSD - reviews, comparisons, articles Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Autor: Telmi http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-181721 Telmi Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:59:13 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-181721 gtk-recordMyDesktop (records video + audio) and gnome-sound-recorder (records audio) can record both the system and the microphone sound. To choose the sound to be recorded open gnome-volume-control (from ALT+F2 for example), click on Hardware, then on Profile and there choose the corresponding option, depending on what will be recorded ..: + sound of the system: a) Analog Stereo Output; or b) Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958) + sound from the microphone: a) Analog Stereo Duplex; or b) Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input In gnome-volume-control, it may be necessary to choose “Off”, close it, open it again, choose the desired option and close it again. Some of the other options may work sometimes, but they may record sometimes the system sound and sometimes the mic sound. And other options may record audio but could not permit to listen to the recorded sound. So it’s better not to use those options. NB: system sound is the sound of what one can hear from the speaker. It can be a .ogg or .mp3, … song played by Totem, or a Flash music video of a web site, … But gtk-recordMyDesktop has 2 problems: a) When you click on stop it takes a lot of time to encode the video (in xvidcap you have it in the moment you stop the recording). b) It uses a lot of space in a folder called more or less /tmp/rMD-session-xxxx. Sometimes is deleted after the encoding but sometimes not (keeps on growing) and you have to delete it before your Linux root partition (/) gets full. To be able to record the sound with xvidcap (from the mic or of the system) you just need to follow a few steps to install it properly: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1714139 gtk-recordMyDesktop (records video + audio) and gnome-sound-recorder (records audio) can record both the system and the microphone sound. To choose the sound to be recorded open gnome-volume-control (from ALT+F2 for example), click on Hardware, then on Profile and there choose the corresponding option, depending on what will be recorded ..:
+ sound of the system: a) Analog Stereo Output; or b) Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958)
+ sound from the microphone: a) Analog Stereo Duplex; or b) Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input

In gnome-volume-control, it may be necessary to choose “Off”, close it, open it again, choose the desired option and close it again.

Some of the other options may work sometimes, but they may record sometimes the system sound and sometimes the mic sound. And other options may record audio but could not permit to listen to the recorded sound. So it’s better not to use those options.

NB: system sound is the sound of what one can hear from the speaker. It can be a .ogg or .mp3, … song played by Totem, or a Flash music video of a web site, …

But gtk-recordMyDesktop has 2 problems:
a) When you click on stop it takes a lot of time to encode the video (in xvidcap you have it in the moment you stop the recording).
b) It uses a lot of space in a folder called more or less /tmp/rMD-session-xxxx. Sometimes is deleted after the encoding but sometimes not (keeps on growing) and you have to delete it before your Linux root partition (/) gets full.

To be able to record the sound with xvidcap (from the mic or of the system) you just need to follow a few steps to install it properly:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1714139

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]]> Autor: Marc http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-129004 Marc Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:16:17 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-129004 Ah, I figured it out - 608 is divisible by 32; must be a stipulation of the OGG format or something. Ah, I figured it out – 608 is divisible by 32; must be a stipulation of the OGG format or something.

]]> Autor: Marc http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-129002 Marc Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:49:59 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-129002 Ha, it did the same thing to you - you got an 800 x 608 (added 8 pixels) video when you specified 800 x 600. Any idea why it does this? I have tried specifying 800 x 592, but when I did that, it gave me an 800 x 592 video output! :-D You can crop in Avidemux, but it's still a pain. Thanks for the article. Ha, it did the same thing to you – you got an 800 x 608 (added 8 pixels) video when you specified 800 x 600. Any idea why it does this? I have tried specifying 800 x 592, but when I did that, it gave me an 800 x 592 video output! :-D

You can crop in Avidemux, but it’s still a pain.

Thanks for the article.

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]]> Autor: Nelson http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-121569 Nelson Thu, 29 May 2008 17:56:30 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/screencasts-in-ubuntu-part-1/#comment-121569 I had a lot of fun trying to get recordmydesktop to pipe out to a video device so I could put it over skype as a regular webcam. I finally gave up. I had a lot of fun trying to get recordmydesktop to pipe out to a video device so I could put it over skype as a regular webcam. I finally gave up.

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