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| Based on gstreamer, written mostly in python, Istanbul is an actively developed and simple to use application. Once started, it sits in the system tray as button waiting to be pressed in order to start recording. To stop recording simply tap the button again. Istanbul creates ogg/vorbis encoded videos which can be very quickly played back and/or distributed. | Istanbul appears to have been abandoned. It is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories and its official web page is no longer accessible. |
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| Whilst Istanbul is available in the repository, as it is under active development, it can be preferable to get the latest features by compiling the source code. That is covered on [[ScreenCasts/CompilingIstanbul]]. If you choose to compile from source then go to that page then come back here for the details on how to use Istanbul. | Based on gstreamer, written mostly in python, Istanbul hasn't been updated since 2007. Once started, it sits in the system tray as button waiting to be pressed in order to start recording. To stop recording simply tap the button again. Istanbul creates ogg/vorbis encoded videos which can be very quickly played back and/or distributed. |
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Tips: Compile the latest version from source, and set your screen resolution low to ensure a reasonable recording frame rate. |
Tips: Set your screen resolution low to ensure a reasonable recording frame rate. |
Istanbul
Home page: http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul
Disclaimer
Istanbul appears to have been abandoned. It is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories and its official web page is no longer accessible.
Description
Based on gstreamer, written mostly in python, Istanbul hasn't been updated since 2007. Once started, it sits in the system tray as button waiting to be pressed in order to start recording. To stop recording simply tap the button again. Istanbul creates ogg/vorbis encoded videos which can be very quickly played back and/or distributed.
Installation
$ sudo apt-get install istanbul
Recording
Applications --> Sound & Video --> Istanbul Desktop Session Recorder
Tips: Set your screen resolution low to ensure a reasonable recording frame rate.
ScreenCasts/Istanbul (last edited 2019-06-28 01:17:36 by gerowen)