[wplug] Screen recording software for Linux

Sage Ross sage at ragesoss.com
Mon Sep 23 17:53:25 EDT 2013


One more you might try: https://launchpad.net/kazam

Last I tried, it was too buggy, but that was almost a year ago. It does do
multiple formats, though.

-Sage
On Sep 23, 2013 5:41 PM, "Pat Barron" <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:

> Thanks for this pointer!
>
> In reviewing all the info, it really appears that there just isn't much
> available for Linux in this space, other than what we've already talked
> about.  The task really breaks down into two separate sub-tasks:
>
> 1)  Actually capturing the screen/window activity, and
>
> 2)  Processing the resulting recording afterwards to make it more useful
> (editing, annotations, captions, etc.)
>
> Sub-task #1 seems to be mostly covered, and I can probably live with the
> limitations of something like Bysanz to do that (or maybe even the
> others that only encode in Ogg Vorbis / Theora format, though you have
> to be careful with lossy conversion to other formats if you need to
> upload to YouTube or something).
>
> Sub-task #2 is where the existing Linux tools are really deficient.
> None of them address this at all (other than Wink, which I can't get to
> run on my system, and which I've seen others describe the
> post-processing capabilities as "primitive").
>
> The best strategy I've been able to come up with so far, is to use one
> of the tools already mentioned, and then post-process it with something
> like OpenShot to do things like effects, lay in an additonal (or
> replacement) audio track, etc.  I don't know offhand if OpenShot lets
> you set up a caption layer.  If it does, this is probably the best
> course I've been able to discover.
>
> It's really a shame, CamStudio actually does everything I'm looking for,
> and it's even open source.  But, it's targetted to Windows, and a Linux
> port would probably not be straightforward...
>
> As for "script"...  Yes, that's an old friend.  ;-)  And on Unix-like
> systems, I'm still way more comfortable working at the command line than
> in a GUI.  But I fear that the world has moved on from the likes of me -
> I guess I should try to catch up.  ;-) I recently had to explain to
> someone how to do a fairly involved set of operations in a GUI, using
> only plan text prose, and I didn't find it easy.  That's part of what
> has set me off on this quest...
>
> --Pat.
>
> On 09/23/2013 4:14 PM, Beth Lynn Eicher wrote:
> > Dear Pat,
> >
> > The magic phrase you are looking for is "screencasting software."
> >
> > There are some other suggestions here...
> > http://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast
> >
> > On a related note, if your capture needs are command-line only,
> > /usr/bin/script is exactly what you need.
> > http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_script.htm
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Great question.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Beth Lynn Eicher
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:
> >> Does anyone have any favorite screen recording packages for Linux?
> >> Basically, software that works something like Camtasia or CamStudio does
> >> on Windows ... except not on Windows.  ;-)
> >>
> >> So far, I have found:
> >>
> >> 1.  RecordMyDesktop - rather minimal, doesn't provide any way to do
> >> things like annotate the recording, plus only produces recordings in Ogg
> >> Vorbis / Theora format which is somewhat limiting.
> >> 2.  Istanbul - appears to have essentially the same minimal feature set,
> >> and same file format limitations, as RecordMyDesktop.
> >> 3.  Byzanz - also rather minimal for the same reasons, only allows
> >> recording for a specified amount of time (i.e., doesn't provide any way
> >> to do "Record until I tell you to stop"), plus it has a silly name that
> >> I can never remember.  ;-)  But at least it will natively produce
> >> recordings in FLV (Flash video) format.
> >> 4.  Wink - Freeware but not open-source (and doesn't appear to be
> >> included in any distro's repositories so it has to be installed outside
> >> of the distro's package system), but creates recordings in FLV format
> >> and lets you do at least basic annotations and things. But, doesn't
> >> appear to want to install on 64-bit Linux systems, so I haven't been
> >> able to even try it.
> >>
> >> I don't necessarily mind something that has to be installed outside of
> >> the package system, as long as it works well.
> >>
> >> Are there others I'm missing?
> >>
> >> --Pat.
> >>
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