recordMyDesktop

recordMyDesktop
gtkRecordMyDesktop main screen
Original author	Ioannis Varouchakis (credited as John Varouhakis)
Developers	Ioannis Varouchakis, Martin Nordholts
Stable release	0.4.0  / 14 March 2021
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux
Type	Screencasting software
License	GNU General Public License
Website	github.com/recordmydesktop/recordmydesktop
Repository	github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop

recordMyDesktop is a free and open source desktop screencasting software application written for Linux.

The program is separated into two parts; a command line tool called recordmydesktop, licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later, that performs the tasks of capturing and encoding, and front-ends that exposes the program functionality graphically.

There are two front-ends written in Python: gtk-recordmydesktop which is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later, and qt-recordymydesktop which is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.

recordMyDesktop also offers the ability to record audio through ALSA, OSS or the JACK audio server. RecordMyDesktop only outputs to Ogg using Theora for video and Vorbis for audio.

See also

• Comparison of screencasting software
• Screencast
• SimpleScreenRecorder

External links

• Pott, Kyle (June 22, 2007). "Record screencasts with recordMyDesktop". Downloads - Lifehacker. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
• Marinof, Mihai (September 30, 2015). "Screencast Guide: Capure Your Linux Desktop on Video! - Tools for screencasting in Linux". Softpedia: News. SoftNews NET SRL. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
• Popov, Dmitri (November 19, 2008). "Screencasts on Linux Made Easy". linux-magazine.com » Online » Blogs. Linux New Media USA. Retrieved 16 February 2010.