How To: RecordMyDesktop

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How To: RecordMyDesktop

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Hi All,

I thought that I'd pass this tip on to the group here. I have found YouTube will not accept the .ogg/Vorbis video files generated with gtk-recordMyDesktop.

Once you record your vid it should land in your /Home folder, you can convert it with the following -

Here's the how-to. Firstly you'll need mencoder installed. Get it through Synaptic.

Then in shell run either of these two commands:

For PAL:
Code:
mencoder -o output_file.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=5000:vhq -ffourcc DX50 -oac pcm -srate 48000 -ofps 25 your_movie.mov

For NTSC:
Code:
mencoder -o output_file.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=5000:vhq -ffourcc DX50 -oac pcm -srate 48000 -ofps 29.97 your_movie.mov

I assume your Vid is in your Home file. Then where it says "your_movie.mov", change it to /home/whatever/your movie name. Click, and your vid gets converted to an .avi file. It might take a minute or two. The .avi should land in your Home file.

Happy YouTube posting!

Adler
Dai

Re: How To: RecordMyDesktop

Post by Dai »

try showmedo.com instead
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Re: How To: RecordMyDesktop

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Hi Dai ,

Can you give me a specific link @ showmedo.com?
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Re: How To: RecordMyDesktop

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http://www.showmedo.com/videos/video?na ... riesID=123
here is a link to a movie about recordmydesktop i did on showmedo

http://www.showmedo.com
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