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Recording Screen in Ubuntu

My rankings for the applications to record screen activities in Ubuntu. Sorry for no screenshots. Will add when I have time.
In brief: Use Xvidcap.

1. Xvidcap

• Easy to install
  • sudo apt-get install xvidcap
• Easy to use
  • The only thing I find is hard to do is saving. You have to specify the name & path in the preferences.
• Can record cursor & Compiz effects
• Can save to many file formats (many video & audio codecs to choose)
• Support playback after recording
• Project page

2. RecordMyDesktop

• Easy to install
  • sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop
• Easy to use. Although the GUI is inferior to Xvidcap.
• Can record cursor & Compiz effects
• Only support open file format (.ogv)
• Doesn’t support playback. Have to save the recorded video in order to view.
• Project page

3. Istanbul

• Easy to install
  • sudo apt-get install istanbul
• Easy to use.
• Couldn’t stop recording. I had to kill the process. – -”

4. Wink

• Not-so-easy to install
  • Download .zip from here
  • Extract and you’ll get a folder containing 2 files: installdata.tar.gz and installer.sh
  • Run ./installer.sh
  • You’ll probably get an error message saying libstdc++.so.5 and libexpat.so.0 are missing
  • libstdc++.so.5: Install package libstdc++5  - Get it from packages.ubuntu.com
  • libexpat.so.0: Create symbolic link from the existing libexpat you have
    • sudo ln -s /lib/libexpat.so.1 /lib/ libexpat.so.0
  • Run ./installer.sh again
  • Specify the path for the program
  • try running it from its folder ./wink
  • Voila! I can run!.. but how to record…? ..I’m done – -”
• Don’t know how to record.. The end. LOL