Also, if you're just trying to grab screencast of your Fedora desktop, you can use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R to start a recording, and then the same keys to stop. The resulting video in .webm format will be in your ~/Videos/ folder. Paul On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 2:07 PM Ryan Walter <rwalt@xxxxx> wrote: > > I always recommend ( OBS) open broadcaster studio for any recording on Linux ( or windows) needs, you can have a source be your desktop and overlay and external video sources like a camera or webcam if that is your content style. > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Nov 17, 2019, 12:59 PM, pmkellly@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I'm not having much luck making my first screencast. Contrary to > > appearances this isn't a misplaced bug report. I'm just trying to get a > > recommendation on a screencaster that will work for me. > > > > I've worked with videos before on Fedora I started with files from my > > video camera, edited them with Pitivi and watched them with videos. I > > have all the codecs loaded and I've tried out my F31 by playing some of > > my prior videos with Videos. Everything works fine. > > > > The two screencasters I could find were Peek and Vokoscreen. I installed > > them both with no problems. Peek doesn't do full screen or audio and I > > need both. Vokoscreen seemed to work and when I played back the file I > > got the audio, but the screen was just black. I tried a couple different > > File formats with no success. > > > > For prior occasions I set up my video camera on a tripod in front of my > > screen with a microphone connected to the camera. That was awkward since > > I had to work in a dark room and the camera was in front of the screen. > > It worked though the video quality was less than optimal. > > > > I need to create another training video and thought I would try out a > > screencaster. Does anyone here happen to know of a screencaster that > > does full screen, audio, and works good? This won't be on a website. The > > trainees will watch the video on a nice big television; so I use the > > video file formats and associated codecs. > > > > Have a Great Day! > > > > Pat (tablepc) > > _______________________________________________ > > Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
