it worked, what was that other os running in your vmware ?? I just don't seem to remember ??? Cheers Szemir
On February 18, 2007 21:59, Shawn wrote: > Er, if anyone wants to see a sample of the output, I put up my first > test capture. > > http://grover.open2space.com/files/test.mpeg > > it seems a little faster than I remember doing things, but I think > that's due to the 10 frames per second setting... > > Shawn > > Shawn wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > > > I tried out wink and Xvidcap. The Recordmydesktop just didn't seem too > > friendly for my environment (though I may try this another time...) > > > > 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. > > > > Enter xvidcap. It fills the requirements, and it's video seems to be > > good quality, and can be adjusted. It allows for a particular capture > > rectangle to be specified (which may or may not represent the whole > > screen). It's interface is a little odd, but easily figured out. I set > > it to capture my screen, and it handled a windowed VMWare session just > > fine. (not really required, but was curious how it would go...) > > > > Now, I guess I need to write some scripts (as in presentation scripts, > > not coding scripts)... :). > > > > Shawn > > > > Tek Budda wrote: > >>> > I'm looking for recommendations on decent screen capture programs > >>> > to > >>>> > >>>> create a screen cast. (i.e. a video of what I'm working on). > >>>> > >>>> I've tried Istanbul, but it doesn't seem to work well with Kubuntu > >>>> (the resulting video flashes a lot or is real blurry if any scaling is > >>>> used.) > >>>> > >>>> I would prefer something that's nicely packaged for K/Ubuntu, but am > >>>> willing to do manual installs if needed. > >>> > >>> FOund this is last months Linux Format. > >>> > >>> Xvidcap: hsourceforge.net/projects/xvidcap > >>> > >>> "xvidcap is a screen capture enabling you to capture videos off your > >>> X-Window desktop for illustration or documentation purposes. It is > >>> intended to be a standards-based alternative to tools like Lotus > >>> ScreenCam." > >>> > >>> Captures video in a variety of formats as wella s audio and can work > >>> from command line or a gui. The developer even provides a couple of > >>> instructonal videos whihc i assume were captures with it. Couldn't see > >>> any stuttering or anything. Available as a deb or or tar file. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
