recordMyDesktop
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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...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
- International
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.3.8.1, released in December 2008, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
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tubby9417 added recordMyDesktop as alternative to Microsoft Stream for Sharepoint
LoopingBack added recordMyDesktop as alternative to LoopingBack
muhammadfarag added recordMyDesktop as alternative to Omi Screen Recorder
Maoholguin added recordMyDesktop as alternative to Supercut
POX added recordMyDesktop as alternative to Wayfarer
POX added recordMyDesktop as alternative to PolyCapture
jfoz added recordMyDesktop as alternative to Screen Recorded
DumpMedia added recordMyDesktop as alternative to DumpMedia Screen Recorder
POX added recordMyDesktop as alternative to Record Go
POX added recordMyDesktop as alternative to PasteKit
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.