Recording a screencast in Linux (Ubuntu 9.10)
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It seemed like there were really two options for straightforward unix-like tool to do the job:
I had some audio related problems with both programs - both recorded video with audio going out of sync, or nosie. I've found this: http://karussell.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/recordmydesktop/
And the options suggested in one of the comments are working fine for me:
--v_bitrate 2000000 --s_quality 10 --delay 1 --fps 20 --overwrite -device plughw:0,0 --no-wm-check --buffer-size 65538 --freq 48000 --quick-subsampling --on-the-fly-encoding
I've spend few more minutes to "import" this into the gtk-recordMyDesktop front-end to recordmydesktop. My .gtk-recordmydesktop file now looks like this:
#Order and overall number of lines must be preserved
#For this file to be read correctly
#Framerate
12
#Cursor(0 xfixes,1 white,2 black,3 none)
0
#Sound,0 disabled 1 enabled
1
#Full shots,1 disabled 0 enabled
1
#Filename
/home/dpc/test.ogv
#Delay,seconds
0
#Number of channels
1
#Frequency
48000
#Sound-device
plughw:0,0
#Video quality(0-63)
63
#Audio quality(0-10)
5
#Display
$DISPLAY
#Shared memory,1 disabled 0 enabled
0
#Reset capture area,1 disabled 0 enabled
0
#Recording area
-1,-1,-1,-1
#Quick subsampling,1 disabled 0 enabled
0
#Working directory(temporary files)
/tmp
#On the fly encoding,1 disabled 0 enabled
0
#Zero compression,1 disabled 0 enabled
1
#overwrite existing files,0 disabled 1 enabled
0
#Include window decorations,1 disabled 0 enabled
1
#Use jack
0
#last used jack ports
#Tooltips,1 disabled 0 enabled
0
#draw an on-screen frame, surrounding the capture area
0
#Extra options
--v_bitrate 2000000 --no-wm-check --buffer-size 65538 --no-wm-check
#Follow mouse,1 disabled 0 enabled
1
I think that the following link may be useful soon - before publishing my videos:
http://wiki.showmedo.com/index.php/Video_editing_Ubuntu
