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xvidcap: A screencapture utility
Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2007, 12:40
by muggins
http://xvidcap.sourceforge.net/#intro
a small tool to capture things going on on an X-Windows display to either individual frames or an MPEG video. On Windows machines there are commercial tools like Lotus ScreenCam or Camtasia which do a very good job esp. for the purpose I was needing such a tool for: Software documentation, esp. installation procedures and such.
I've uploaded this as a .pet here, (1594kbytes):
http://rapidshare.com/files/79831890/xv ... 6-i486.pet
To run,
Menu->Graphic->XVidCap, or enter
xvidcap in a console. Entering
xvidcap -h will give an outline of usage.
Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008, 06:04
by 1ColdBeer
Very useful tool...... Nice Job.......
Fast Download Mirror
Posted: Fri 12 Sep 2008, 19:29
by Lobster
this is excellent
works on 4.1 beta - anyone fancy doing a demo mpeg?
Posted: Sat 13 Sep 2008, 04:18
by ttuuxxx
I've used Camtasia in past and well its more advanced than xvidcap but this tool Can be extremely helpful for puppy users, we could have a whole line of videos for new users, it would be nice if we could edit frames eg. adding text on the screen. videos that could be made
Installing puppy
-full install (including partitioning the hard drive)
-usb install
-frugal install
Setting up a printer
Setting up wireless networks
setting up windows shares
Setting the time
making a pet package
installing a .sfs package
making default applications, like changing Seamonkey to Firefox as the default browser
Then placing a sticky post in the "How to" forum
ttuuxxx
Using xvidcap Video OK but no audio
Posted: Fri 19 Dec 2008, 18:34
by bill
Hi Men,any chance I can get some command line instruction on what I must input in order to capture the audio as well? .The video is being captured fine.thanks
miscompiled libavcodec ?
Posted: Sat 20 Dec 2008, 14:13
by bill
Well apparently when trying to use Muggins xvidcap-1.1.6-i486.pet on this Puppy 412 on a ACER AST180-UA381B 3800+ Athlon 64 2GIG DDR I get the following error. Any suggestion on how to proceed ,other than giving up
Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009, 13:44
by jaapz
ttuuxxx wrote:I've used Camtasia in past and well its more advanced than xvidcap but this tool Can be extremely helpful for puppy users, we could have a whole line of videos for new users, it would be nice if we could edit frames eg. adding text on the screen. videos that could be made
Installing puppy
-full install (including partitioning the hard drive)
-usb install
-frugal install
Setting up a printer
Setting up wireless networks
setting up windows shares
Setting the time
making a pet package
installing a .sfs package
making default applications, like changing Seamonkey to Firefox as the default browser
Then placing a sticky post in the "How to" forum
ttuuxxx
Im sorry to bump this post, but this seems to be a very good idea to me! Has anything like this been done yet?
Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009, 14:18
by ttuuxxx
Nope not yet, its a shame would be very good to have, They could be linked to help menu, and main puppylinux.com page, the wiki etc. If I had more time I would make them but, I'm always too busy with building a release or packages, etc. If your not overly extended , feel try to give it a try
Maybe once somebody gets the ball rolling others might join in
ttuuxxx
location to xvidcap 1.1.7 if needed
Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009, 14:34
by bill
Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009, 15:45
by jaapz
@ttuuxxx: Ah k i'm starting a new thread about this then
EDIT:
thread
Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009, 16:14
by ttuuxxx
jaapz wrote:@ttuuxxx: Ah k i'm starting a new thread about this then
Cool man new years are going to love you for that:) Just remember try to keep the video sizes small, for dialup users etc. Good luck:)
ttuuxxx
Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009, 21:59
by chrome307
Thanks for this, works great
Posted: Wed 02 Dec 2009, 04:39
by jeditalian
no work for me in puppy 431 because it didnt create a menu entry. i run from console and it says: compiler did not align stack variables. libavcodec has been miscompiled and may be very slow or crash. this is not a bug in libavcodec but in the compiler. do not report crashes to FFmpeg developers. if i try to play the cap it says /bin/bash: xine: command not found.
not that i need a screencap utility in puppy linux. i really just want to figure out how to stereomix because iman00b and i find nothing about stereomixing.
Posted: Wed 02 Dec 2009, 23:59
by muggins
OK, I vaguely recall there was a problem with menu items not appearing in the menu, with p431, but have no idea whether it was ever resolved. Instead you can just drag the xvidcap .desktop file, in /usr/share/applications, onto the desktop, and it will run from there.
Regarding the missing xine problem, just run this command in a console:
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ln -s /usr/bin/gxine /usr/bin/xine
I definitely got it to make a video in p431.
xvidcap-1.1.7_i386.pet
Posted: Thu 03 Dec 2009, 00:22
by bill
I don't know if this will help or not but I have xvidcap-1.1.7_i386.pet stored at the location below.If it doesn't work out for you,you can always
send it to the bit bucket.
http://www.4shared.com/account/file/799 ... _i386.html
Posted: Fri 01 Apr 2011, 19:45
by etienne2000
Hello, I have installed Xvidcap on my French vertion of puppy linux (toutou linux 4.3.1) and the record works fine, but i cannot have sound for the vidéo, i have tested with certainly files in the /dev folder, after recording, i can look sond is in the vidéo (.mpeg2 audio) but if i play the vidéo, i have no sounds.
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How can i make working the recording of the sound in the vidéo?
(vidéo records work sucefully, its only the sound)
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Posted: Fri 08 Apr 2011, 05:06
by muggins
Hello etienne2000,
I had success, getting my microphone to work with xvidcap, by changing the default input device, from /dev/dsp, to /dev/audio. Not sure whether this will be the same for your device though?
Edit: Another thought, if you right-click the volume icon, bottom right-hand corner of the desktop, and select "Full Window", is Capture showing, and is it at maximum volume?
Posted: Sun 17 Jul 2011, 20:33
by rjbrewer
Xvidcap 1.1.6 working well in Puppy 4.3.1 and
Xvidcap 1.1.7 working well in Lupu 5.2.5
The only Retrovol or (alsa mixer) settings necessary.
Posted: Mon 18 Jul 2011, 22:27
by rjbrewer
rjbrewer wrote:Xvidcap 1.1.6 working well in Puppy 4.3.1 and
Xvidcap 1.1.7 working well in Lupu 5.2.5
The only Retrovol or (alsa mixer) settings necessary.
I wasn't using a mic or making a video for upload.
I did capture a 613mb mpeg file of this concert:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1487911131/
Working in Wary 512 now.
10fps in all 3.
edit:
Stopped working with Wary again.
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2011, 02:34
by sheepy
For some reason, all my screencasts return with only around 50% capture success ratio.
Any ideas?