The best screen recorder?

***Dan*** · #1 9th December 2010, 10:25 PM

Afternoon, guys.

Oopsy! Seems like I didn't have a screen recorder installed in this box yet, (Dan's F11) and I'm trying to get a smooth video of the transition in window transparency. (in Compiz-Fusion)

I've used one before in my old box, and just wasn't entirely thrilled with the results.

So my question is, which of the available screen recorders have you used -- that produced the best results under the given circumstances?

Thanks!

CrazyComputerMan · #2 9th December 2010, 10:34 PM

So far i know in Windows and it's free called CamStudio. Just found out you can install it in for Linux (yippeee)

http://www.osalt.com/camstudio

***Dan*** · #3 9th December 2010, 10:44 PM

Hmmm. Never heard of it before. I'll check the repos.

***DBelton*** · #4 9th December 2010, 10:49 PM

have you ever tried just using VLC to capture video from the screen?

Open VLC. Under the first "Media" menu select "Streaming...", then the Capture Device tab where you select "Desktop" for Capture Mode.
Then in the next menu select file and your preferred format.

other than that, I have tried xvidcap but wasn't too pleased with the results.

***Dan*** · #5 9th December 2010, 10:52 PM

Hmmm. No, I hadn't. Didn't even know you could. <..

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***DBelton*** · #6 9th December 2010, 11:07 PM

I played around with it a little awhile back, but haven't really used it much. I don't do much capturing video from my screen.

I was just messing around with it little and couldn't seem to get it to work right

Got it to record and save the file, but when I play it back, it's just black. Oh well, so much for that suggestion.

***Dan*** · #7 9th December 2010, 11:30 PM

You did better than I did. Couldn't even get it to start here.

***DBelton*** · #8 9th December 2010, 11:36 PM

oh. you do need to be sure that under the View meiu, that advanced controls is checks so that you get the record button, too.

Oh well, I'll look into that some more another time. Take VLC off the lost of screen captures for now.

Might give you something to play with some day when you get totally bored and need something to do, though.

ElderSnake · #9 10th December 2010, 12:14 AM

I actually just tried VLC capturing for the fun of it and it actually worked, I go it to output to ogg theora..but it only worked for about 10 secs then crashed lol.

Still I got 10 secs of video successfully.

EDIT: Tried again with mp4 and it worked for minutes, didn't crash, I just got bored and stopped it

So seems it can work okay. It is very heavy on the CPU though (I have Core 2 Duo). Though I just realised I was doing this on Arch, so I was using fglrx with my ATI.

skyxn3t · #10 10th December 2010, 12:43 AM

1. recordmydesktop:

Code:

yum install gtk-recordmydesktop

2. kazam (I'm not sure if this one is in the fedora repo though, you might need to find it and install it from source if there are no rpms)

Code:

Kazam
http://whyareyoureadingthisurl.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/introducing-a-screencaster-called-kazam/

Jamwa · #11 10th December 2010, 05:41 AM

I have used gtk-recordmydesktop and it worked OK. Other than that you can also use ffmpeg to record your desktop:

Code:

ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 1024x768 -r 400 -i :0.0 out.avi

***DBelton*** · #12 10th December 2010, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElderSnake

I actually just tried VLC capturing for the fun of it and it actually worked, I go it to output to ogg theora..but it only worked for about 10 secs then crashed lol.

Still I got 10 secs of video successfully.

EDIT: Tried again with mp4 and it worked for minutes, didn't crash, I just got bored and stopped it

So seems it can work okay. It is very heavy on the CPU though (I have Core 2 Duo). Though I just realised I was doing this on Arch, so I was using fglrx with my ATI.

Did better than me! I tried it using h264 and it gave me a big black screen when I played it back. lol

I'm sure there are some tweaks that can be done to get it to work properly. I used to use it some, but haven't in a long time so I forget exactly how I had it set up now. Plus, I'm sure vlc has changed some as well.

Would be nice to know how to do it, though. For people that don't capture video from the screen often enough to need a separate application installed for it. Even if vlc was a little more cpu intensive, it would be better than having an app sitting around wasting space for the most part.

ElderSnake · #13 10th December 2010, 07:46 AM

Yeah, true. Nice mention though.. like Dan, I had no idea VLC could do that

As for Kazam, isn't that basically a nice graphical frontend to ffmpeg?

EDIT: My goodness, VLC can convert too..I just converted a 1.3GB 45 second AVI down to a 3MB mp4 and it worked great..what a program!

Mike0108 · #14 17th September 2012, 05:54 AM

Now , I use Screen Recording Suite. Have you tried before? Screen Recording Suite helps you to record whatever you want on your computer. For example, it enables you to capture the streaming videos, PowerPoint slides, and screenshot. Are you wondering whether it is hard to use? No, it is quite easy. And don’t worry about the quality of the recordings. You can get HD videos and the sound from system and microphone can be heard clearly. Anyway, it is an excellent screen recorder which is valuable for you.

***Dan*** · #15 17th September 2012, 06:12 AM

Hmmm.

Windows only software ... first post ... Posting from Windows ... necrotic thread ... typical spammer username pattern ...

Uh, huh. Okay. So ... This would be an excellent time to send me a Private Message proving you are not a spammer ... before you get summarily banned.

EDIT: Aw, hell. never mind. I'm going to bed. Buh, bye! <..

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