Recorditnow FPS problem

[Eric KDE]

I tested out recording my DE using RecorditNow. No matter how many frames per second I choose, when watching what I just recorded, the playback ends in what it looks like 2 entire frames over a period of 10 seconds, (Or however long i just got done recording.) Any ideas? I wanna get this fixed so I can show my family that linux is better than windows and is much prettier ;D

[vinnywright]

I think that's a front end for ffmpeg ......with those you need to be sure you have the options just right .......if you have ffmpeg installed (you probabley do ) you can do what you want from the terminal .............somthing like this


ffmpeg -f x11grab -s xga -r 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg

will grab the display at -s xga or 1025x768 -r at a frame rate of 25 frames per sec. --i the input in this case the current display :0.0 see man ffmpeg for more -s size codes if your display is larger/smaller

the output can be named what you like and the format can be changed so out.mpg could be out.avi or whatever elce ffmpeg handles

when your done recording go back to the terminal the ffmpeg is running in and hit ctrl>c or ctrl>d to end it.

VINNY

[vinnywright]

Aaaa I allmost forgot thars allso Rog131's qx11grab witch works well.
if you do

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131

it will add his repo and you can get it.

or

https://launchpad.net/~samrog131/+archive/ppa

have a look he has a lot of cool stuff in their .........and if you ever see a post from him read it whether it pertained to you or not chances are you may learn some thing..........I usually do ::)



VINNY

[Eric KDE]

I think that's a front end for ffmpeg ......with those you need to be sure you have the options just right .......if you have ffmpeg installed (you probabley do ) you can do what you want from the terminal .............somthing like this


ffmpeg -f x11grab -s xga -r 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg

will grab the display at -s xga or 1025x768 -r at a frame rate of 25 frames per sec. --i the input in this case the current display :0.0 see man ffmpeg for more -s size codes if your display is larger/smaller

the output can be named what you like and the format can be changed so out.mpg could be out.avi or whatever elce ffmpeg handles

when your done recording go back to the terminal the ffmpeg is running in and hit ctrl>c or ctrl>d to end it.

VINNY



Thanks Vinny for all that info. I honestly understood about 8% of the whole thing. So if I understand correctly (which i might not,) Every time I would like to record my desktop I have to use the terminal to prepare it? I can't just jump straight into RecorditNow and begin recording? Or do I set these settings up once through terminal and im good? Or perhaps I can also use the GUI settings to do the same thing? my resolution is 1920x1080 and im sure I have ffmpeg installed, Thanks in advance.

[vinnywright]

NO the comand I gave you runs ffmpeg in the terminal and is capturing the screen wile runing and has nothing to do with the GUI apps that do the same thing.

yes the GUI settings do the same thing or so I assume I dont have that program.

O and if you run it the key to quit it is ....q go figure

if your resolution is 1920x1080 you would use -s hd1080 if you decide to try that.

VINNY

[ubuntuku]

I tested out recording my DE using RecorditNow. No matter how many frames per second I choose, when watching what I just recorded, the playback ends in what it looks like 2 entire frames over a period of 10 seconds, (Or however long i just got done recording.) Any ideas? I wanna get this fixed so I can show my family that linux is better than windows and is much prettier ;D


Same problem here, I simply uninstalled it and use gtk-recordmydesktop instead ;D

[Eric KDE]

I think what you're talking about Vinny, I can change through the GUI setting with RecorditNow. Here is a pic with something I might be able to change:

http://i56.tinypic.com/t7ieyx.png

[vinnywright]

ok so hears a link to an example of qx11grab in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhmOp6nWXA8

;D

VINNY