Difference between revisions of "How to make screencasts on Sugar"
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| − | You are looking for [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php RecordMyDesktop] | + | You are looking for [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php RecordMyDesktop]. Read the very old [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/manpage.php help pages]. They'll give you some clues to the operation of RecordMyDesktop(RMD) though I must say that after playing with RMD on Sugar I much prefer RMD on Ubuntu. |
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<code>yum install recordmydesktop</code> | <code>yum install recordmydesktop</code> | ||
RecordMyDesktop is command line only. Use GTK below for the GUI. | RecordMyDesktop is command line only. Use GTK below for the GUI. | ||
<code>yum install gtk-recordmydesktop</code> | <code>yum install gtk-recordmydesktop</code> | ||
| − | or this one written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] WHICH should be more stable on Sugar as Sugar is written in Python... though amazingly qt-recordmydesktop asked for 27M of space where gtk-recordmydesktop only asked for a few 100K! | + | or this one written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] WHICH should be more stable on Sugar as Sugar is written in Python... though amazingly qt-recordmydesktop asked for 27M of space where gtk-recordmydesktop only asked for a few 100K! Bemasc at the IRC rightly pointed out that QT is a big app and that there are huge buffering considerations for using RMD in general. |
<code>yum install qt-recordMyDesktop</code> | <code>yum install qt-recordMyDesktop</code> | ||
Revision as of 19:47, 3 August 2009
steps
- Get Sugar installed and internet connection working
- Go to terminal (can be found in list of activities)
- Go to root by typing
su
You are looking for RecordMyDesktop. Read the very old help pages. They'll give you some clues to the operation of RecordMyDesktop(RMD) though I must say that after playing with RMD on Sugar I much prefer RMD on Ubuntu.
- Type:
yum install recordmydesktop
RecordMyDesktop is command line only. Use GTK below for the GUI.
yum install gtk-recordmydesktop
or this one written in Python WHICH should be more stable on Sugar as Sugar is written in Python... though amazingly qt-recordmydesktop asked for 27M of space where gtk-recordmydesktop only asked for a few 100K! Bemasc at the IRC rightly pointed out that QT is a big app and that there are huge buffering considerations for using RMD in general.
yum install qt-recordMyDesktop
Why make screencasts?
Video, when done properly, can explain a lot more than text. And video can overcome some of the language barriers by SHOWING people what to do and their expected outcomes.
Possible errors you may encounter
[root@localhost liveuser]# gtk-recordMyDesktop /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/recordMyDesktop/rmdMonitor.py:10: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated. Use the subprocess module. import popen2 /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/recordMyDesktop/rmdSimple.py:223: DeprecationWarning: os.popen3 is deprecated. Use the subprocess module. (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(xwininfo_com,'t') The program 'gtk-recordMyDesktop' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'. (Details: serial 3927 error_code 11 request_code 53 minor_code 0) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
- No known workaround for this yet.