Ubuntu/Fedora

Use recordmydesktop to produce a .ogg file

• use usb headset, set mic input to use headset
• record screencast. Pause w/CTRL-ALT-p (this keeps the video moving along quickly)
• recordmydesktop -x 0 -y 28 --width=1024 --height=768
  • place window first, then use xwininfo to get size & coordinates

Upload to youtube

• ogg created with recordmydesktop doesn't work, must convert to avi
• mencoder in.ogv -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts abitrate=160 -o out.avi

Create and host your own Flash movie

• mencoder in.ogv -of lavf -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv -o out.swf
  • then, embed that in HTML! (yep, gotta set dimensions)

    <object width="1040" height="848">
    <param name="movie" value="search.swf">
    <embed src="search.swf" width="1040" height="848"/>
    </object>
    

• I haven't done one of these with sound yet, but it should work
• see mencoder(1) for sound options
  • mp3 should work, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Video#Format_details
• use mencoder to convert that to MPEG-4
  • mencoder capture.ogg -oac lavc -ovc lavc -o capture.avi

Other notes

• examples
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkvaUKo2-tk
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqkk1am3sg
• I didn't have much luck using ffmpeg
• xvidcap kept crashing
• had some problems with gtkrecordmydesktop, I forget exactly what

Mac OS X

todo

Windows

todo