Comments on: Getting Back Into Screencasting http://popey.com/blog/2009/08/25/getting-back-into-screencasting/ DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM!! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tom Fotherby http://popey.com/blog/2009/08/25/getting-back-into-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 Tom Fotherby Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:24:25 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=255#comment-2886 Thank you for the tip about the "--no-frame" switch. I was trying to make a screencast showing how to install a browser bookmarklet and was having a problem because the drag-and-drop wasn't working. Using "recordmydesktop --no-frame" fixed the issue. Thank you for the tip about the “–no-frame” switch.
I was trying to make a screencast showing how to install a browser bookmarklet and was having a problem because the drag-and-drop wasn’t working. Using “recordmydesktop –no-frame” fixed the issue.

]]> By: Screencasting To A Script | popey.com blog http://popey.com/blog/2009/08/25/getting-back-into-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Screencasting To A Script | popey.com blog Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:30:49 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=255#comment-1135 [...] on from my previous blog post about Getting Back Into Screencasting I’ve put another one together. There’s been some really interesting discussion on Ian [...] [...] on from my previous blog post about Getting Back Into Screencasting I’ve put another one together. There’s been some really interesting discussion on Ian [...]

]]> By: popey http://popey.com/blog/2009/08/25/getting-back-into-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 popey Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:50:39 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=255#comment-1111 Thanks for the tips, much appreciated. I too found recordmydesktop to suffer from audio lag, but it only seems to occur in longer videos. If I can keep the videos under 10 minutes then I should be okay. Of course that's just working around the issue. There is clearly a bug somewhere. I used to get the same issue with XVidcap and I think it was due to the video encoder dropping frames, but the audio encoder not. So the audio would get 'ahead' of the video because the video was not running at the full frame rate. Perhaps this is the same issue recordmydesktop has? Thanks for the tips, much appreciated. I too found recordmydesktop to suffer from audio lag, but it only seems to occur in longer videos. If I can keep the videos under 10 minutes then I should be okay. Of course that’s just working around the issue. There is clearly a bug somewhere.

I used to get the same issue with XVidcap and I think it was due to the video encoder dropping frames, but the audio encoder not. So the audio would get ‘ahead’ of the video because the video was not running at the full frame rate. Perhaps this is the same issue recordmydesktop has?

]]> By: Leszek Lesner http://popey.com/blog/2009/08/25/getting-back-into-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 Leszek Lesner Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:49:44 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=255#comment-1110 Hi, It's great to hear that your coming back with your screencasts ;) Iam actually a screencaster myself and responsible for the german spoken "Ubuntu Switcher" Podcast. (link: <a href="http://leszek.lesner.googlepages.com/ubuntu-switcher" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Switcher</a> ) I almost record the screen like you but record audio seperately, because somehow recordmydesktop creates some audio laggs, when recording audio and video. Ah and btw. there is a nice parameter for recordmydesktop, that prevents it from blocking drag and drop actions. Its the --no-frame switch. The hotkeys Crtl+Alt+P for Pause recording and Ctrl+Alt+S for Stop also are very handy. Good luck with your screencasts ;) Hi,

It’s great to hear that your coming back with your screencasts ;)
Iam actually a screencaster myself and responsible for the german spoken “Ubuntu Switcher” Podcast. (link: Ubuntu Switcher )
I almost record the screen like you but record audio seperately, because somehow recordmydesktop creates some audio laggs, when recording audio and video. Ah and btw. there is a nice parameter for recordmydesktop, that prevents it from blocking drag and drop actions.
Its the –no-frame switch.
The hotkeys Crtl+Alt+P for Pause recording and Ctrl+Alt+S for Stop also are very handy.

Good luck with your screencasts ;)

]]> By: popey http://popey.com/blog/2009/08/25/getting-back-into-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 popey Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:20:06 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=255#comment-1109 Yes, apt/synaptic and the whole 'repository' thing is quite a leap for many people. We get people in #ubuntu-uk asking for support with applications they are trying to compile, when in fact they exist in the repository! Yes, apt/synaptic and the whole ‘repository’ thing is quite a leap for many people. We get people in #ubuntu-uk asking for support with applications they are trying to compile, when in fact they exist in the repository!

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