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I was wondering if anyone knew of a free screen recorder that isn't hard to install in Linux, and preferably doesn't need gtk+. I have had nightmares getting that to install, and it still won't for me.

I tried the Istanbul thing in Synaptic, but after I tell it to stop recording, it changes to an image of a hard drive, and just freezes there up until I turn off the computer, not matter how short the video actually is.

Thanks,

}SoC{phenix

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Just Wink...

I have used Wink for several years, it works very well. http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

It is cross-platform, the Windows version has a few added features. It also can be sparing of hard drive space. I have started with a 700 meg raw recording, and eventually tweaked it down to a few hundred K.

Here is one I made, demonstrating dual-booting Sidux and Windows:
http://home.comcast.net/~toughbookhack/tough_linux3.htm

  • By picothinker at 04/03/2008 - 05:08
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screen recorder

Thanks for the reply, but I was looking for something that can make a movie file, so I have a video of the screen.

  • By socphoenix at 04/03/2008 - 13:19
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recordmydesktop

I use "recordmydesktop" in pclinuxos and it works very very very well indeed !!! (output is ogg)

Currently there are packages in lenny and sid, but I haven't tried them in 64studio.

Package home page is here http://recordmydesktop.iovar.org/

There are GTK or QT front end packages, but you don't have to use them. It will run simply from the command prompt.

  • By stevea at 04/03/2008 - 17:00
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xvidcap

You could try xvidcap. Works for me...

  • By Quentin Harley at 04/03/2008 - 19:45
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got xvidcap to work

I was looking at synaptic, and found xvidcap, which is working with just one small bug, but that is easy to get around.

Thanks for the help!

  • By socphoenix at 04/04/2008 - 17:47
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