This is how I make screencasts.
What you need
recordmydesktop
reKordmydesktop or gtk-recordmydesktop
Install recordmydesktop
sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop
If you’re going to use gtk-recordmydesktop, then run the below too:
sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop
Or run it with one command:
sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop gtk-recordmydesktop
Install kommander
Only do this if you’re going to use reKordmydesktop.
sudo apt-get install kommander
Then download reKordmydesktop and extract it somewhere and click the .kmdr file.
Using reKordmydesktop
Open it by clicking the .kmdr file.
Then choose full screen, if you want to capture everything. Choose window if you want to capture a window. If you want to capture a window then click grab window, and click on the window, you want to record.
If you don’t want to capture the cursor, then go to advanced settings, and put a check by do not capture cursor.
Using gtk-recordmydesktop
In the screen shot of your desktop, you can select what you want to record, or click select window, and click on the window. After you have what you want to record selected, click record.
Notes
Sound is either recorded from line in or from whatever you have selected to capture from in your mixer program, for me its set on line in, but I don’t record sound, as I never got it to work.
To edit the video with avidemux, you must convert it to a different format, I useffmpeg. Not sure if mencoder will work or not.
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