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[raw] LD19LD #19 - Discovery - 2010 16. Dec 2010 · 19:51 UTC · 4 hours before compo start by RandomM00 · 0

I’m using Ubuntu, and I’d like to try and record the development of my entry as a video, but I’m finding it difficult to find a program to do it.

It looks like XVidCap is the best thing available, but it crashes a lot. I want something that will work without using lots of resources, but I’m not gonna pay for it.

Anyone have any suggestions what I should use?

Comments

16. Dec 2010 · 20:52 UTC
Short answer: while true; do scrot & sleep 60; done then use mencoder to turn it into a video.
plams
16. Dec 2010 · 21:01 UTC
Dang, beaten! Hello, fellow shell scripter :-)
16. Dec 2010 · 21:04 UTC
I suggest trying vlc, if you want to record the whole event, you can stream into a file – I tested with vlc earlier to stream into justin.tv and I saw that option. The justin streaming didn’t use much cpu and I have a slightly older core2 duo machine.

Chronolapse works also with wine for me under fedora.
RandomM00
16. Dec 2010 · 21:21 UTC
Hadn’t thought of using lots of stills, I was thinking about speeding up video. Stills are much better, thanks! I expect I’ll write my own aswell, I want to crop the area with Image Magic.