Monday, October 19, 2009

How to use xvidcap to record steps on Linux openSUSE  

Sometimes I have to use the software xvidcap to record the steps for each action. This way will be more convenient for users to understand when I am teaching them. We all know that you can find many of this type of software in Windows, but there are only a small number of software have this capability in Linux. xvidcap is one of these softwares. Now, I want to share how to use it as follow:

Step1: Please make sure this software has been installed.
# xvidcap
bash: xvidcap: command not found

Step2: Install it via zypper command for opensuse
# zypper in xvidcap

Step3: You can run this application right now
# xvidcap

Step4: Click Select rectangular area to capture that you can draw a rectangle around the area you wish to record.



Step5: Here you can see the following example





Step6: Finally, you can click Start recording button to record steps

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