This tutorial is intended for someone who wants to make a video demo of their linux application using a dv camera.

• A dv camera and a firewire cable to connect it
• kino: available in synaptic or here
• mjpegtools: also avaible in synaptic or here

First setup your software:

• Install kino and mjpegtools: sudo apt-get install -y kino mjpegtools
• Add raw1394 to the end of your /etc /modules file
• Reboot to load the raw1394 module
• Make /dev /raw1394 readable and writable

Next setup your hardware:

• Get the camera, put it on the tripod, plug it in, turn it on, point it at your screen / yourself, smile
• Plug the camera into your computer using a firewire cable (this is important, usb won’t work)
• Put the dv tape into the camera and switch it to tape recording mode

Now you’re ready to record

• Push record on the camera
• Perform antics
• Push stop
• ???
• Profit

Now it’s time to capture

• Switch the camera to playback mode
• Push the rewind button on the screen
• Start kino
• Click the capture tab in kino
• Click the record button at the bottom of kino
• Watch your video as it is captured
• Push the stop button in kino at the end of your video

Dv files are too big. Now we export to mpeg

• Go to the export tab in kino
• Click the mpeg tab at the top of the exporting area
• Click the browse button and select a filename
• Click export

So we have a video file. Time to share it with the internet

• Go to youtube.com
• Create an account if you need to
• Click upload on the youtube front page
• Select your mpeg file (not the dv) for upload
• Wait for the file to upload, then wait for youtube to convert it to whatever whacky video format they feel like
• Share the link to the video you made (like this)

This tutorial is designed for someone who wants to create a screen recording of their linux application and put it online using youtube.

RecordMyDesktop: Available in Synaptic using Ubuntu or here.

• Run RecordMyDesktop by typing in a console: gtk-recordMyDesktop
• In order to make the recorder work with my machine, I had to reduce the video quality:

1. Run your application to record
2. Click the Select Window button in the recorder and click your application
3. Click record

• Click this button to stop recording:

• The button will change to this, click it to save your video

• Go to YouTube
• If you don’t have an account, click Sign Up and create one
• Click the yellow Upload button on the front youtube page
• Fill in the information about your video in the provided form and click “Upload a video”
• Select out.ogg on your desktop and click upload
• Enjoy your video.