[SGVLUG] Windows/Mac screen capture and recording

[Rae Yip]

Sounds pretty cool. I haven't used sox in ages, but it's an elegant
tool (for a more civilized age). Beats having audacity crash on me
while I'm recording.

One problem that hasn't been mentioned is that each speaker is running
on their personal laptop, so you would have to either force them to
set up screencasting on their own system or make them prepare their
presentations for a dedicated recording rig. The latter presents
issues if there is any custom software they want to demo.

Another issue is that we reduce the incentive for people to attend if
they can just watch it online. I'm okay with the compromise where
audio is recorded and slides are presented, but the rest of the
visuals are exclusive to the attendees (who can record video if they
so choose).

-Rae.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here is the software the LA Drupal group uses to record their
>> speakers.  It runs on Mac or Windows, is about $50 and records the
>> screen (powerpoint, web, shell) video and voice and allows you to edit
>> it and post it to our website for those who miss our talks.
>>
>> http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/?gclid=CLrfyKKDjKcCFQkSbAodc3cCew
>>
>> The big downside is that it is not open source or Linux based.  Has
>> anyone used similar software under Linux?
>
> https://wiki.jasig.org/display/JSG/Screencasting+In+Ubuntu
> seems to have some good notes.  I hope to try them soon.
> - Dan
>