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A video recording of the screen.

A screencast is a video recording of the contents of the screen. There are several tools for doing this in available for Ubuntu, such as recordmydesktop, tibesti and kazam.

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How to create animated GIF images of a screencast?

I've seen animated GIF images of screen casts (like the one below) promoted a few times on this site as a way to improve answers. What toolchain is being used to create these? Is there a program that does this automagically, or are people taking…
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Create a screencast in a low end PC, but fast (maybe by sacrificing compression ?)

As the title suggests, I am asking a lot. We've been trying to generate some screencasts on my eeepc. recordmydesktop is doing the job decently, but only if allowed time to "compile" the video afterwards. If we ask it to do "on the fly", video and…
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How to make a set of screenshots automatically?

I would like to do an animated gif file. Thus I need all images and then I can build the gif file with gimp or convert. But in order to obtain the images how can I do a set of successive screenshots ? What I would like to record is a vibration…
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How do I get xvidcap working?

Previously, I used xvidcap to record screencasts in Ubuntu. I have upgraded to 12.04 LTS (precise) and it seems that xvidcap has been removed from the archive. Any suggestions on a replacement?
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Screen recording with ring buffer

Is there any screen recording software which can record to ring buffer? I'd like to have a recording of the last 10-15 minutes happening in some window. To be more concrete, I want to this application to be "always" running. At any point in time, I…
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What is the best screen video+audio capture programm for dual monitor?

Possible Duplicate: How to create a screencast? There are many video tutorials on youtube. What software should I use for creating a video tutorial? I installed xvidcap (software center 10.04) but it seems not support 2 Monitors, when I click on…
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Is there a way to change the default settings of screen scaling (for people with disabilities)?

So Ubuntu provides some special settings for people with disabilities, evoked by SuperAlt8. There is a feature of screen scaling, which makes the screen appear larger or smaller (SuperAlt+ or SuperAlt- respectively). The problem is, if you want to…
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How to create gameplays with facecam?

I would like to know how to create gameplays with facecam? What is the free program I could use? And is there any tutorial on how to do it? Thank you very much. Ubuntu 14.04
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Vokoscreen area recording problem

I'm having problems trying to make area recordings with Vokoscreen 2.0.0-2 in Ubuntu 14.04, the center marker is showing in the video. Is there any way to make area recordings without this center marker appears in the video !? Below is a capture…
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What are the best Screencasting tools?

Possible Duplicate: How to create a screencast? Please i wanna know (people whom have tried) which sceencast tool is the best. For me i've tried kazam but i still unconvinced totally with this choice. i need your expert please. Thanks in advance
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Screencast into a USB Stick

When looking at the screencast option, it said that it saves automatically to the Videos folder. Is there a way to have it save directly onto a USB stick?
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How to setup miracast Ubuntu 18?

How can I setup miracast on Ubuntu 18? I found a github page for it but it wasn't very beginner friendly. Is there an easier alternative?
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