Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Screen recorder?

[Mick]

On Monday 18 Jul 2011 04:00:31 William Kenworthy wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 03:29 +0100, Stroller wrote:
> > On 18 July 2011, at 02:54, Grant wrote:
> > > Does there exist a program that allows you to record the activity
> > > taking place on a computer screen for later review?
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you can do this with mplayer / mencoder (to make a video
> > screencast).
> >
> > It depends what your needs are, exactly.
> >
> > If you're monitoring teenagers or employees for inappropriate behaviour
> > you might be happy with a screen shot every 1 - 5 minutes, so you could
> > just use some kind framebuffer grabber (media-gfx/fbgrab?) and a
> > cronjob. You could stitch those together daily into a speeded up video
> > for easier review (you might be able to do this with mencoder, just by
> > slowing the capture framerate down to once every 60 - 300 seconds) or
> > compile the whole lot into a page of HTML to scroll through.
> >
> > Stroller.
>
> I use this one to prep movies about using software etc ... files are not
> as small as camtasias for a given quality, but postprocessing helps get
> close if size is important.
>
> BillK
>
>
> moriah ~ # esearch recordmy
> [ Results for search key : recordmy ]
> [ Applications found : 3 ]
>
> *  media-video/gtk-recordmydesktop
>       Latest version available: 0.3.8-r1
>       Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>       Size of downloaded files: 172 kB
>       Homepage:    http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/
>       Description: GTK interface for RecordMyDesktop
>       License:     GPL-2
>
> *  media-video/qt-recordmydesktop
>       Latest version available: 0.3.8
>       Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>       Size of downloaded files: 181 kB
>       Homepage:    http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/
>       Description: QT4 interface for RecordMyDesktop
>       License:     GPL-2
>
> *  media-video/recordmydesktop
>       Latest version available: 0.3.8.1-r4
>       Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>       Size of downloaded files: 194 kB
>       Homepage:    http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/
>       Description: A desktop session recorder producing Ogg video/audio
> files
>       License:     GPL-2
>
>
> moriah ~ #

Try this:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/233511?do=post_view_threaded

or google for "ffmpeg for screen cast"
-- 
Regards,
Mick