4 Nov
2010
4 Nov
'10
8:08 p.m.
On 11/04/10 19:54, Rustom Mody wrote:
I believe that my getting the ffmpeg from debian-multimedia this issue
has been solved
There's almost no need for http://debian-multimedia.org/ anymore. most
things are available directly from DebianMultimedia
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia these days.
I dont get all this :-) All I know is I am using gnome which sometimes
seems to be using metacity.
metacity is the default window-manager of gnome. but the gnome-desktop
is much more.
Thanks Robin for your answer. Let me take your points
in reverse order
You should be fine. just `apt-get install ffmpeg` or use aptitude and
select version 5:0.6~svn20100726-0.1 directly.
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.
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. Can I replace xsession by metacity?
Sure but metacity is only a minimal window-manager, no session, panel,
menu etc.
Try 'xfce' - if you're used to gnome it's got a similar 'feel' and
is
not too heavy to install.
best,
robin