-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I took another look and relized I missed one of the menu options. I had used the "Capture Now" option, rather than the "Start Timed Capture". So now I see videos.
That said though, I think I'll still stick with xvidcap for most of my needs. Here's why: 1) Much much less processing needed to get to a video. Wink seems to be capturing frames, then puts the frames together into a video after the fact. For what I have in mind I'll likely be looking at 30 minute sessions or so. If it took wink 3.5 minutes to "render" a 30 second sample, then I'd hate to see how it performs for the 30 minutes one. I'll still give it a shot though just to see if it's output is any more compact. 2) SXF or EXE files only. I can probably deal with the SXF, but would prefer something that can be played in my default video viewers, rather than having to open a web broswer just to watch a video. (the exe approach is dead in the water for me - Linux box.) Xvidcap supports divx, gereral avi's, microsoft avi's, mov's, and even SXF and a couple more. 3) More options on xvidcap. Wink doesn't seem to have any options to adjust the audio sampling rate, or change the audio/video codecs used. This means I can tweak things to help minimize the file sizes with xvidcap, but not wink. One reason why I *would* use wink though - it captured an OpenGL based app, where xvidcap didn't. If anyone is wondering, I'm thinking about doing some mini workshop type screencaps to put up on either my site, or CLUG's site (if the exec feels it were appropriate - bandwidth considerations and all). Something like - here's a visual guide to installing Linux, with audio commentary. Or how to get DVD playback working on Distro XXX. Or an intro to programming, etc. My thoughts. And thanks for the great feedback! Shawn Kin C Wong wrote: > Ditto, I have used Wink as well and their latest version allows for > voice overs. I don't know if the Windows and Linux versions are in > synch. I have used the Windows version more and really like the ability > to determine the cursor position and display time. > > You may not like the product because the output is in Flash. It works > way better than the commercial product that I purchased - RoboDemo. > > Jesse Kline wrote: >> On Sun, 2007-18-02 at 21:52 -0700, Shawn wrote: >> >>> Out of the two I did try, wink doesn't seem to be suitable. While it >>> has a more intuitive (though overly crowded) interface, it still boils >>> down to static snapshots of the desktop/focus area then squish those >>> together in a presentation. I can do that with Ksnapshot and any >>> presentation software. What I am looking for is a video recording of my >>> actions, with the option of doing a voice over. >>> >> Wink does allow you to record what you are doing. I've used it to make >> multiple training videos for work. >> >> Jesse >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF2Xw3Mia5XCIAQC8RAqyZAKCBioqlcDFkfCp7mTjl8NIuzkZF+QCeNjBA liGdrW79u4kxcctXbdLFMTM= =gQjo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
