Running RecordMyDesktop With Command Line Interface
Arief-jr.blogspot.com - RecordMyDesktop is screencasting software for X. Can be used for record audio through alsa, OSS the jack audio server. RecordMyDesktop can capture through the jack and thus important for pro-audio video tutorial. RecordMyDesktop output just to use the Ogg Theora video and Vorbis for audio.
RecordMyDesktop CLI interface only, but have 2 GUI interface this gtk-recordmydesktop (for Gnome or gtk-based) and qt-recordmydesktop (for KDE or qt-based).
For installation RecordMyDesktop
For Ubuntu/Debian or Debian-based
$ sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop (CLI)
$ sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop or $ sudo apt-get install qt-recordmydesktop (for GUI)
For Fedora/CentOs or Redhat-based
$ sudo yum install recordmydesktop (CLI)
$ sudo yum install gtk-recordmydesktop or $ sudo yum install qt-recordmydesktop (for GUI)
For Arch Linux or Arch-based
$ sudo pacman -S recordmydesktop (CLI)
$ sudo pacman -S gtk-recordmydesktop or $ sudo pacman -S qt-recordmydesktop (for GUI)
For Gentoo or Gentoo-based
$ sudo emerge recordmydesktop (CLI)
$ sudo emerge gtk-recordmydesktop or $ sudo emerge qt-recordmydesktop (for GUI)
For Slackware or Slackware-based
[ Available via SBo < slackbuilds.org > ]
or with third-party named “sbopkg”
$ sudo sbopkg -b recordmydesktop gtk-recordmydesktop or qt-recordmydesktop
For FreeBSD or BSD-based
$ sudo pkg install recordmydesktop (CLI)
$ sudo pkg install gtk-recordmydesktop or $sudo pkg install qt-recordmydesktop (for GUI)
Usage RecordMyDesktop
Synopsis
recordmydesktop [options] ^filename
For use RecordMyDesktop its not very hard and it provide a man page. Here this example for using jack audio capture:
$ recordmydesktop –use-jack system:capture_1
To specify a region for recording you can type this:
$ recordmydesktop -x X_pos -y Y_pos -width WIDTH -height HEIGHT -o arief-jr.ogv
where -x X_pos with -y Y_pos is the offset pixel both x and y direction, and -width WIDTH -height HEIGHT for set recording window.
No Audio With PulseAudio
This is pretty simple, but should be better explained. If recordmydesktop exits like this:
Couldn’t open PCM device hw:0,0
Error while opening/configuring soundcard hw:0,0
Try running with the –no-sound or specify a correct device.
Just run it like:
$ recordmydesktop –device pulse
Maybe that my explain for use RecordMyDesktop, If you run KDE as Desktop Environment you must install qt-recordmydesktop as GUI because KDE using qt for this interface.
Thanks, may be useful and good luck!!!