[LAU] screencasting with ffmpeg

[Rustom Mody]

Thanks Robin for your answer. Let me take your points in reverse order

> What GNU/Linux distribution are you using?
>

debian unstable

>
>> 2. It says get an ffmpeg with h.264  -- where/how to get?
>
> Most distributions ship ffmpeg with x264 enabled these days, although
> there are some http://ffmpeg.org/legal.html considerations. So some don't.
>
> You can always compile it from source, but due to the large amount of
> dependencies and configuration options that is only to be taken as last
> resort.
>

I believe that my getting the ffmpeg from debian-multimedia this issue
has been solved

>> Ive been trying to follow this link
>>
>> http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/screencasttutorial
>>
>> 1. It says xsession wont work in gnome -- any alternatives?
>
> It's a capital X in Xsession. But you can just use any windowmanager
> instead of Xsession. after the `export DISPLAY=:2` just launch wm2,
> xfwm, fluxbox, ion3, icewm, openbox,... whatever.

I dont get all this :-) All I know is I am using gnome which sometimes
seems to be using metacity.

Can I replace xsession by metacity?