On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 23:53 +1200, dave wrote: > I am looking at installing Istanbul screencast software. > > Has anyone here used such a program and what was your experience? > How easy was it to edit and the specs of your PC you used. > > From my brief search it looks like Istanbul is one option. > > in my repositories i have 3. > - recordmydesktop which is gnome based > - Byzanz which i understand uses gif files > - Istanbul > > would appreciate the lists input and I do know from the brief search that > there are other but war stories etc from the list on the 3 above (as they are > in my repository would be appreciated). > > Dave. Hi Dave,
I tried to use Istanbul on Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) 64 bit, but found that it was buggy and poorly maintained, especially sound. It seems like you can't record sound. If you use compiz, you also have to tick the "record 3d" option before it works at all. recordmydesktop however worked out of the box (default sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop) - no extra settings or anything. Even the sound worked perfectly. I cannot comment on Byzanz, but if you want my advice, go with recordmydesktop first and see if you like it. Seems like the least effort. My laptop has 4Gb of RAM and a Intel Core2 Duo (2.10GHz) processor and I use the nvidia driver - I did not pick up any sluggishnes while recording, but having said that, I did not test it with intense graphic programs so far... Schalk
