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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, | 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. | ||
Revision as of 03:01, 5 August 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
- Does the .xo mean that it will only work on OLPC machines? Anyone tested this on a standard Intel CPU? SoaS?
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 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
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 manual is helpful reading.
(The meaning of the -m flag is to set the Mime type 1 2 3 to video/ogg )
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.