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Posted: 24 Aug 2005

Q:
CA wrote: I'd like to see an article on desktop recording with audio on Linux. Something like what the Windows program Camtasia Studio does. I can't find a linux equivalent anywhere. Well, I found one (can't recall the name) and could not get it to work worth diddly in SUSE Linux.

A:
The current version of xvidcap includes the ffmpeg library so it can do both video and audio screen capture. I had a bit of trouble trying to compile it with the MPEG library on SUSE 9.2, maybe you will have better luck. I compiled it without MPEG and using the gvidcap executable. It recorded okay as PNG files, which I played back with animate. Not anywhere as sophisticated as Windows offerings, so maybe as coLinux window in XP might do a better job. Stomfi

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