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.
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On Nov 17, 2019, 12:59 PM, pmkellly(a)frontier.com 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)
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