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==steps== | ==RecordMyDesktop steps== | ||
I found this page [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Screencast Activity Screencast!] Must research and test! | |||
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# Get Sugar installed and internet connection working | # Get Sugar installed and internet connection working | ||
# Go to terminal (can be found in list of activities) | # Go to terminal (can be found in list of activities) | ||
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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. | 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> | ||
==GStreamer== | |||
Bemasc found this. Test it on the command line. Let us know. | |||
<Code>gst-launch ximagesrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,framerate=5/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! theoraenc ! oggmux ! filesink location=desktop.ogg | |||
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==Why make screencasts?== | ==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. | 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== | ==Possible errors you may encounter with RecordMyDesktop== | ||
<nowiki>[root@localhost liveuser]# gtk-recordMyDesktop | <nowiki>[root@localhost liveuser]# gtk-recordMyDesktop | ||