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Idea #12502: Take screenshot, should also take desktop video

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #12090: Improve screenshot tool for recording the video.
Written by Auzy the 24 Aug 08 at 13:55. Category: Multimedia. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Gnome's "Take Screenshot" application should be extended to also allow the desktop to be recorded as a video. This would be used heavily by many power users, including those who like to showoff compiz to friends, to help show newbie family how do to some things they are having trouble with, and those who work on video tutorials.

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nevermind85 wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 17:04
+1 because I agree, tho I think I saw this idea before.

Exsecrabilus wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 17:59
Report this to GNOME please, you even admitted it was GNOME's, not Ubuntu's. For Ubuntu to make such a heavy and huge change to that application they might as well just steal recordMyDesktop.

colobix wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 18:17
I don't think this idea will be added
(sorry).
We already have programs like stanbul.

Eldmannen wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 21:04
It would just add complexity and bloat it.

The Unix philosophy is "Do one thing, and do it well".


That said, I would gladly see some nice desktop video capture software in the repository.

stinger30au wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 21:37
im sure that there is already a desktop video capture in the repos

Auzy wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 22:52
Ex, Canonical only codes an installer pretty much. Your argument is bung. Brainstorm is for everything. Otherwise they wouldn't add package names to it!

Auzy wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 23:00
Also, I believe it is the correct place. The Take screenshot could be renamed. And it could have 1 more optionbox added: Take movie.

Its the right place because take screenshot is simply a screen grabber, except instead of grabbing the screen, we will shove the frames into an encoder instead

thebigbluecan wrote on the 25 Aug 08 at 08:06
gtk-recordMyDesktop

Add/Remove...

+0 Already Plenty of options out there.

webster wrote on the 25 Aug 08 at 09:25
Wery nice idea!

Auzy wrote on the 25 Aug 08 at 09:26
Its not about the options. Our problem is that you currently need half a dozen programs to do something that should be done by 1.

Just because there is another way of doing it, doesn't mean there shouldn't be a way to do it with the default ones.

csahin wrote on the 26 Aug 08 at 17:20
there are other programs that do this well already

Auzy wrote on the 27 Aug 08 at 00:44
Thats my point though. We should be trying to improve THE DEFAULT programs. Our problem is that if something can be done on another program, we don't improve the default ones. Why should users have to install 5 programs to do something that makes sense to do one 1?


Ubun2ideas wrote on the 28 Aug 08 at 06:32
This must be a duplicate. Still +1. This should have been done already.

MighMoS wrote on the 28 Aug 08 at 15:46
+1 because they are similar functionality.

For those aruging the UNIX philosophy, perhaps gnome-screen[shot] should have a recommends on a real desktop recording program (foo) , if the user clicks the record button Ubuntu offers to install foo, and then begins recording video.

Craig73 wrote on the 3 Oct 08 at 16:42
OK... I see your point of having one application. But what about those who don't want this?

I agree with the last point that there should be more intelligent ways for users to upgrade.

If I was to suggest an improvement it would be to be to a better screenshot program (one that allows selecting a area to copy)...


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