Hi,

I've searched LQ, but I've only been able to find mentions of vnc2swf - and, to be honest, I can't really be bothered to install a VNC server just to be able to capture my screen as a video..

Please suggest a screen recording app if it isn't too dependant on another app (unlike vnc2swf), and if it can encode the video into a fairly universal format (eg. swf or mpeg). Non-proprietary formats are preferred, but I need this app fairly soon, so I'm not going to be too fussy at this stage

Any recommendations greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

-jk

camtasia studio and use any remote access technology to access the linux system.

I haven't come across a native linux screen recording program, although I'm going to check out the one you listed.

Ok, I've installed xvidcap. However, whenever I run it, it gives the following error:
However, I'm sure I have libpng installed. Here's what an 'slocate libpng' produces:
I'm on Ubuntu 6.06.

Thanks


[edit] musicman_ace - Thanks for replying. I would do that, however, I'm currently on BT Openzone, as I don't have a working broadband connection and thus have not purchased a wireless router yet.. So, I can't connect my Windows laptop to the LAN without another access code - which I'm not willing to pay for. If not, I would probably use VNC to view the screen from Windows and record with Camtasia (I already have it) - but that defeats the point of not installing VNC on my laptop

Thanks

I use pyvnc2swf.

Installing x11vnc takes a minute or so, it does not need to be running all the time, it runs locally only when you do the capture,shuts down as soon as you are done and works fantastic.

I love it, and after trying other solutions and applications, haven't found annything that works as well.

Here is an example of what the finished product looks like. This is how to connect to a samba printer in SuSE 9.3

http://itsyourpc.org/Tutorials/Samba...d_printer.html

Yes it has audio also.

Ok.. I've just installed RealVNC. But, when I run 'vncserver', I get the following error:
Any ideas?

Thank you

You do not need to install realvnc if you are capturing from your local desktop.

Install x11vnc.

Then run

If you want audio, you will need ffmpeg installed, then you can run the script below

The script above will automate the whole process and when done you will end up with two files, a swf file and an html.

Thank you! That works

Now all I need is a good Flash player, as Firefox is showing it as being very choppy... But I assume that is because the plugin is rendering it incorrectly.

How reliable is Gnash at the moment?

It shouldn't be choppy at all.

I have about 30 tutorials all together done with pyvnc2swf and they are never choppy, did the one I posted play choppy? Or just the one you created?

No, the one you posted wasn't choppy - it's only when I view mine in Firefox that it's choppy. I'm going to put it on Windows and play it in Flash Player to see if it's any better, because I'm having trouble compiling Gnash (and I don't really want to have to download X includes at the moment - I can do that later, when I have more time ).

Thanks for your help! I'll let you know how the video's turned out

Well be sure you are using the html file, because opening the swf file will not display the file properly as it won't scale correctly. The html file is needed, to scale the file in your browsers.

Aye - I just tried the HTML file. It's larger, but still choppy - the FPS is probably not high enough, or the VNC setup is not transferring the data fast enough.. I'm trying to showcase XGL, which may be why it is choppy - and it's on a laptop which is good, but not excellent. That may be the reason it's choppy

I have tried capturing XGL in pyvnc2swf and got mixed results, but an acceptable file.

Reduce your screen resolution to 800x600 or even smaller if you can, then capture the desktop. You will get better results and a more web page friendly file.

For me it always pauses about 1/4 of the way in, right clicking on the animaition, clicking play to stop it, and then clicking play again gets it going again, this one is old and I haven't tried recently.

http://itsyourpc.org/Tutorials/Water/tutorial.html

It does the same with me. What is that watery effect, by the way? It looks interesting

Thanks for all your help - I'll try this again on my more powerful desktop at home, which will hopefully be able to produce a better video of XGL.

May I use your script in a tutorial, please?

Thanks.