[gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   I administer my dad's Gentoo machine from a distance. He's going to
take some sort of seminar over the net and asked me if there was a way
for him to record it - both audio and video. I don't know how the
seminar will be given, but my dad's in his 80's, isn't Gentoo
knowledgeable and if this is going to work what ever the software is
would have to be pretty easy to use.

   Anyone have any ideas about how to record everything on his screen
along with any audio?

Thanks,
Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[Jake Todd]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:51:28 -0700
Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>    I administer my dad's Gentoo machine from a distance. He's going to
> take some sort of seminar over the net and asked me if there was a way
> for him to record it - both audio and video. I don't know how the
> seminar will be given, but my dad's in his 80's, isn't Gentoo
> knowledgeable and if this is going to work what ever the software is
> would have to be pretty easy to use.
> 
>    Anyone have any ideas about how to record everything on his screen
> along with any audio?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
media-video/gtk-recordmydesktop
or
media-video/qt-recordmydesktop

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Re: [gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Jake Todd <jaketodd422@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:51:28 -0700
> Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>    I administer my dad's Gentoo machine from a distance. He's going to
>> take some sort of seminar over the net and asked me if there was a way
>> for him to record it - both audio and video. I don't know how the
>> seminar will be given, but my dad's in his 80's, isn't Gentoo
>> knowledgeable and if this is going to work what ever the software is
>> would have to be pretty easy to use.
>>
>>    Anyone have any ideas about how to record everything on his screen
>> along with any audio?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
> media-video/gtk-recordmydesktop
> or
> media-video/qt-recordmydesktop
>

Another good one. Thanks!
- Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[Paul Hartman]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Jake Todd <jaketodd422@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:51:28 -0700
>> Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>    I administer my dad's Gentoo machine from a distance. He's going to
>>> take some sort of seminar over the net and asked me if there was a way
>>> for him to record it - both audio and video. I don't know how the
>>> seminar will be given, but my dad's in his 80's, isn't Gentoo
>>> knowledgeable and if this is going to work what ever the software is
>>> would have to be pretty easy to use.
>>>
>>>    Anyone have any ideas about how to record everything on his screen
>>> along with any audio?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mark
>>>
>> media-video/gtk-recordmydesktop
>> or
>> media-video/qt-recordmydesktop
>>
>
> Another good one. Thanks!
> - Mark

I've never been able to get sound to work with RecordMyDesktop even
though it appears to support it... are there any tricks?

Re: [gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Jake Todd <jaketodd422@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:51:28 -0700
>>> Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>    I administer my dad's Gentoo machine from a distance. He's going to
>>>> take some sort of seminar over the net and asked me if there was a way
>>>> for him to record it - both audio and video. I don't know how the
>>>> seminar will be given, but my dad's in his 80's, isn't Gentoo
>>>> knowledgeable and if this is going to work what ever the software is
>>>> would have to be pretty easy to use.
>>>>
>>>>    Anyone have any ideas about how to record everything on his screen
>>>> along with any audio?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>> media-video/gtk-recordmydesktop
>>> or
>>> media-video/qt-recordmydesktop
>>>
>>
>> Another good one. Thanks!
>> - Mark
>
> I've never been able to get sound to work with RecordMyDesktop even
> though it appears to support it... are there any tricks?
>
>
Exactly the problem I'm having.

Additionally it won't record video from MythTV which I think is
probably getting written directly to the graphics adapter.

Anyway, sound is the first problem to solve.

- Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[Andrey Falko]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I administer my dad's Gentoo machine from a distance. He's going to
> take some sort of seminar over the net and asked me if there was a way
> for him to record it - both audio and video. I don't know how the
> seminar will be given, but my dad's in his 80's, isn't Gentoo
> knowledgeable and if this is going to work what ever the software is
> would have to be pretty easy to use.
>
>   Anyone have any ideas about how to record everything on his screen
> along with any audio?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>

Install xvidcap for him and see if he'll be able to use it. WIth
xvidcap, it should not matter what format the lecture he'll be
listening to is in.

Re: [gentoo-user] simple A/V recording software to grab Internet seminar?

[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>   I administer my dad's Gentoo machine from a distance. He's going to
>> take some sort of seminar over the net and asked me if there was a way
>> for him to record it - both audio and video. I don't know how the
>> seminar will be given, but my dad's in his 80's, isn't Gentoo
>> knowledgeable and if this is going to work what ever the software is
>> would have to be pretty easy to use.
>>
>>   Anyone have any ideas about how to record everything on his screen
>> along with any audio?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
>>
>
> Install xvidcap for him and see if he'll be able to use it. WIth
> xvidcap, it should not matter what format the lecture he'll be
> listening to is in.
>

Thanks. I'll check it out tomorrow.

- Mark