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After posting a couple videos from my SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 system, some network admins have asked me to share how I record these. One said that he sees practical use in creating how-to videos for his end users.
So here is how I set up my SLED10 system for capturing my desktop as a video file.
The Short Version
- Use RecordMyDesktop.
- (Um…That’s it. You don’t need to read the rest.)
The Detailed Version
Install
- Make sure you have the following packages to your SLED10 machine: gcc, make, ogg, libogg-devel, libtheora-devel, libvorbis-devel, alsa-devel, jack-devel.
- If you find that I omitted any packages, please let me know which I need to add to the list.
- Download the latest version of RecordMyDesktop and gtk-RecordMyDesktop from the RecordMyDesktop project site. (These will be source code tarballs that you must build and install onto your machine.)
- Put the two source packages in a folder and extract them.
- Open a Terminal window and change to the newly-extracted RecordMyDesktop source folder.
- As a regular user, use the command “./configure –prefix=/usr” to configure the build environment. If the configure errors out, it’s likely because of a missing package. Add the missing package and its “-devel” accompaniment.)
- Now use the “make” command to build the package.
- Finally, use the command “sudo make install” to install the software. This will prompt you for the root user’s name.
- Repeat the same steps for the gtk-RecordMyDesktop source folder.
Launch
- Use Alt-F2 to start a Run Application window.
- Type “gtk-recordMyDesktop” on the command line and hit enter.
- Start recording!
Use
- Watch the how-to video.
A Few Best Practices Suggestions
- I recommend creating a special user account for recording videos. It will help you to ensure that you always have an uncluttered desktop with a consistent background for your videos.
- Use a simple wallpaper or background color so that viewers are not distracted from the subject of your video.
- Turn of your instant messenger. It really blows a video to have “yt?” pop up.
- If you have other suggestions for me to include, please post a comment.
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User Comments
Looks like Pascal Bleser has
Submitted by John Yorke (not verified) on 22 February 2007 - 6:54am.
Looks like Pascal Bleser has created a Suse RPM for this at http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ . The ones for SUSE 10.1 should work on SLED 10.
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