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| + | == Running from the command line == | ||
| + | Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity | ||
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| + | ./recordmydesktop | ||
| + | copy-to-journal out.ogv -m video/ogg | ||
Revision as of 02:53, 1 June 2009
Background
Screencast is a video screen capture utility. It is based on Recordmydesktop by John Varouhakis. It captures the screen to a video file which is in Ogg-Theora-Vorbis file format.
Where to get it
It can be downloaded from http://dev.laptop.org/~cjb/screencast/Screencast-1.xo
Status
It is thought to be buggy but the following patch has allowed video to be saved to the Journal. Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity and replace the file pippy_app.py with this file (renamed to pippy_app.py)
(it would be a good idea to backup the existing file first, eg mv pippy_app.py pippy_app.bak)
The Screencast application
Running from the command line
Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity
./recordmydesktop copy-to-journal out.ogv -m video/ogg