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== Where to get it ==

It can be downloaded from http://~~dev~~.~~laptop~~.org/~~~cjb~~/~~screencast~~/~~Screencast-1~~.xo

It can be downloaded from:

~~:Does the~~ .~~xo mean that it will only work on OLPC machines? Anyone tested this on a standard Intel CPU? SoaS?~~

*http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4447

Code:

*http://git.sugarlabs.org/screencast

== Status ==

It is on it's first version on the sugar library.

Testing and bugs welcomed.

=== Comments ===

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 [http://www.box.net/shared/t38mhmee8j 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)

(help on replacing the file [[Activity_Team/Modifing_an_Activity#Editing]])

--[[User:RafaelOrtiz|RafaelOrtiz]] 17:57, 9 June 2011 (EDT)This patch is already applied on git and on v1 on ALSO.

== Screenshots ==

[[Image:Screencast.png|200px|thumb|center]]

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== Running from the command line ==

Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity and start the recordmydesktop program from the command line.

Just download as above, you dont need to patch it. Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity and start the recordmydesktop program from the command line.

cd Activities/Screencast.activity

./recordmydesktop

press ctrl c to terminate recording, wait for processing to complete and then copy the ~~vieo~~ to the journal

press ctrl c to terminate recording, wait for processing to complete and then copy the video to the journal

copy-to-journal out.ogv -m video/ogg

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(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.

'''Q:''':Any chance that we can get a screencast of this arcane process? I feel like there a lot of steps taken for granted here.

'''A:''':yes, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFWOXgDBUjk

[[Category:Activities]]

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 == Where to get it ==
-It can be downloaded from http://dev.laptop.org/~cjb/screencast/Screencast-1.xo
+It can be downloaded from:
-:Does the .xo mean that it will only work on OLPC machines? Anyone tested this on a standard Intel CPU? SoaS?
+*http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4447
+Code:
+*http://git.sugarlabs.org/screencast
 == Status ==
+It is on it's first version on the sugar library.
+Testing and bugs welcomed.
+=== Comments ===
 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 [http://www.box.net/shared/t38mhmee8j 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)
+(help on replacing the file [[Activity_Team/Modifing_an_Activity#Editing]])
+--[[User:RafaelOrtiz|RafaelOrtiz]] 17:57, 9 June 2011 (EDT)This patch is already applied on git and on v1 on ALSO.
+== Screenshots ==
 [[Image:Screencast.png|200px|thumb|center]]
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 == Running from the command line ==
-Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity and start the recordmydesktop program from the command line.
+Just download as above, you dont need to patch it. Open Terminal and change to directory /home/olpc/Activities/Screencast.activity and start the recordmydesktop program from the command line.
     cd Activities/Screencast.activity
     ./recordmydesktop
-press ctrl c to terminate recording, wait for processing to complete and then copy the vieo to the journal
+press ctrl c to terminate recording, wait for processing to complete and then copy the video to the journal
     copy-to-journal out.ogv -m video/ogg
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 (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.
+'''Q:''':Any chance that we can get a screencast of this arcane process? I feel like there a lot of steps taken for granted here.
+'''A:''':yes,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFWOXgDBUjk
+[[Category:Activities]]