recordMyDesktop
recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at it's primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.3.8.1, released in December 2008, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Features
- Screen Recording
- Record videos
- Record desktop activity
- Capture Video
Tags
- ogg-theora
- video-recorder
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What is recordMyDesktop?
recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at it's primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an interface that exposes the program functionality in a usable way. The commandline tool (which essentially is recordMyDesktop), is written in C, while there are two frontends, written in python with pyGtk (gtk-recordMyDesktop) and pyQt4 (qt-recordMyDesktop).
recordMyDesktop produces files using only open formats.
These are theora for video and vorbis for audio, using the ogg container.
recordMyDesktop information
Developed by
Martin NordholtsLicensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
120 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Still available for most (all?) Linux distributions. Can encrypt the recordings in real time as the video, but uses much resources (CPU,GPU, etc).
Found it to be easy to use, reliable. Saves recording even if computer crashes, or switched off suddenly. SimpleScreenRecorder is also usually avaliable on most Linux distros as well. Both capture audio & screen, etc.
Unfortunately, this utility seems to create broken OGG video files with incorrect keyframes on my system. A simple fix is to use mencoder to convert and re-index the file:
mencoder -idx desktop_recording.ogv -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o fixed.avi
I've heard that simplescreenrecorder is a good alternative, but no binaries are readily available on my platform (yet).
A good app.
It is truly capable of recording a section of the screen, fullscreen or follow the mouse. However, recording games is tricky. The only way you're going to get synchronized sound with video is by using another application for sound. Like outRec or Audacity (For mic).
Alas, the biggest let down of this app is it's inability to record games in fullscreen OR have synchronized video+audio. Its great just for video, not so much audio. Heard that FFmpeg is great, problem is that it's completely CLI oriented plus scarce tutorials/guides makes it hard to learn.
I haven't used gtkRecordMyDesktop much, but the few times I have, it has done a great job. I'm wondering, though, is there any way to show mouse clicks while recording the desktop? I don't have it in front of me right now to look at the options.
Since I am on Ubuntu this is the only screen recorder I know of, but it does a wonderful job. You have to play with the settings though to get it to a quality that you like, but after that it does great.