19 June, 2010

How to RecordMyDesktop in Ubuntu

Using Recordmydesktop to recording and "mencoder" to convert ogg files to avi

You need to install recordmydesktop and mencoder by typing in terminal:
sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop mencoder
you can find it in Applications menu --> sound and video --> gtk-recordmydesktop

or in command line console type the command recordmydesktop
you can stop the recording by pressing ctrl-c
or in gui-front just click record, and just click the white square on system tray to stop
the output is in ogg video format however you can convert it to avi by mencoder

example
mencoder -idx input.ogg -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o output.avi
*note install mencoder if its not installed by doing
Code:
sudo aptitude install mencoder

then you can upload it to youtube or wherever.

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