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== Running from the command line ==
== Running from the command line ==
Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity
Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity and start the recordmydesktop program from the command line.
cd Activities/Screencast.activity
cd Activities/Screencast.activity
./recordmydesktop
./recordmydesktop
press ctrl c to terminate recording, then wait for processing to complete
press ctrl c to terminate recording, wait for processing to complete and then copy the vieo to the journal
copy-to-journal out.ogv -m video/ogg
copy-to-journal out.ogv -m video/ogg
The video is now saved in the journal and can be played by clicking on it.
The [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/manpage.php manual] is helpful reading.
The [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/manpage.php manual] is helpful reading.
The meaning of the -m flag is to set the Mime type [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar.mime#Who_decides_the_default_activity_for_opening_files_of_different_mime_types.3F 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME 2] [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal_entry_bundles 3] to video/ogg
(The meaning of the -m flag is to set the Mime type [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar.mime#Who_decides_the_default_activity_for_opening_files_of_different_mime_types.3F 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME 2] [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal_entry_bundles 3] to video/ogg )
==questions==
==questions==
Any chance that we can get a screencast of this arcane process? I feel like there a lot of steps taken for granted here.
Any chance that we can get a screencast of this arcane process? I feel like there a lot of steps taken for granted here.