Comments on: Is There Any Good Screencasting in Ubuntu?

By: d-virus

d-virus — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:39:47 +0000

hey!!! i write a post in http://hotfixed.net/2010/09/21/herramientas-para-realizar-screencast-linux/ about 8 tools for screencast in linux.

By: HowtoMatrix

HowtoMatrix — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:47:20 +0000

[...] Is There Any Good Screencasting in Ubuntu? Posted by suvi under Ubuntu New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database. Is There Any Good Screencasting in Ubuntu? One of the things I’ve personally found frustrating in Linux is the development status of screencasting applications, or lack thereof. Some projects remain in beta, never coming to fruition, and eventually being abandoned. Others have quirks that seem to cause different issues based on what system they’re installed on. Why am I posting about this? It’s [...] Link to the original site [...]

By: Antonio Roberts

Antonio Roberts — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:20:55 +0000

I was in the same situation as you in that just about all of the screencasting programs for Linux suck. I really don't like that some people on the ubuntu forum go on to point blame at the users' computer for the software not working when any computer made after 2007 will more than likely have enough power to record something at at least 15fps.Anyway, the only working solution that I've found is recorditnow, which gives me at least 15 fps and it's under active development

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:04:49 +0000

Oh, and http://www.screentoaster.com/ works too. Though it’s a bit of resource hog, being java+flash-based.

By: kernel_script

kernel_script — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:12:31 +0000

My favorite is gtk-recordmydesktop. I also have sound issues with it, but after reading your article, I tried to change the sound from DEFAULT to pulse (I’m using Ubuntu 9.10), and it worked. I have the sound seted up to 2 channels and 44100 of frequency.

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:14:57 +0000

Well, for proof, the screencasts done here: http://mudlet.org/media are all on gtk-recordmydesktop…

By: eldarion

eldarion — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:49:14 +0000

RecordItNow

(http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/RecordItNow?content=114610)

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:59:26 +0000

I’ve had problems with Istanbul on Ubuntu but not in Fedora. Also on Ubuntu I’ve had problems with gtk-recordmydesktop sound. I’ll try the Pulse driver as well to see how it works. I often have to make presentations and end up either doing it on fedora or recording my laptop via a handheld video recorder. Thanks!

By: lefty.crupps

lefty.crupps — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:24:51 +0000

KDEnlive can record the desktop, edit the clip, and render the file to a variety of formats, including FLV. But just like with (gtk-)recordMyDesktop, it seems to miss the majority of my screencast, jumping all around with the frames that it does capture. It may be my Intel graphics, or maybe its KWin from KDE 4.3.x, or perhaps its based on recordMyDesktop and thats why the issues are there.

But I am with you, I can not seem to get a clean desktop recording, ever. (Running Debian Sid and KDE 4.3.2, fwiw)

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:41:55 +0000

@Vadim P.

Yes, agreed, the install is “fiddly” to do (or at least I think so).

Oh crap yes, Pulse!! I’ll set that, and then I bet it will be smoother – Thanks!