Screencast

Screencasttools for Ubuntu

• See thread: Ask Ubuntu - How to create a screencast

Tibesti

Very good tool

• separate audio and video possible
• record audio out and microphone, or both
• capture screenarea (in dual screen the left most monitor is used!!!)
• record delay adjustable

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ackondro/tibesti

On Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) change the sources.list to natty

sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ackondro-tibesti-oneiric.list

#deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ackondro/tibesti/ubuntu oneiric main
#deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ackondro/tibesti/ubuntu oneiric main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ackondro/tibesti/ubuntu natty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ackondro/tibesti/ubuntu natty main

Now install

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tibesti

gtkRecordMyDesktop

Very mature and stable tool.

sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop

Fetures:

• Audio and video-capture
• Choose screenareo
• Saves only as ogv

Youtube upload: you have to convert the files using ffmpeg. I am using this nautilus script:

• See wiki article: Youtube#Youtube_upload_script

Kazam

See: Kazam on Launchpad

• Only fullscreen recording
• direct video upload to e.g. youtube

Screenkey

Add a view about pressed key on the screen

• See: Screenkey on Launchpad

Problems:

• Does not really work on dual screen environments becaus it spreads above both screens (nvidia twinview)
• unstable in 11.10