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ammon

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Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 413

Tool to record desktop and live stream it

Im looking for tool to record my desktop and to share it over internet, so another user can live watch it.
I need to do some presentations on remote and something like this would be helpfull.
Does someone know for such a tool?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Tool to record desktop and live stream it

Which ones have you tried already?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison … g_software

ammon

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Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 413

Re: Tool to record desktop and live stream it

Yeah, but which one can stream it live over internet?
I tried one app, long time ago on MacOS, it is on java platform and another end uses web browser to view stream.
But it does not work with linux, and it is proprietary, closed source.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Tool to record desktop and live stream it

Maybe you can pick another app to do the streaming.
I though by "share it over internet" you meant uploading it to YouTube.

rabid_works

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Registered: 2010-08-15

Posts: 45

Re: Tool to record desktop and live stream it

Have you considered Skype's Share My Screen functionality? Its usefulness would depend on what you want to use it for, but I've used it for remote presentations and it works quite well. An obvious advantage is its cross platform nature. On the downside, it does tend to be a bit resource intensive.

s1gma

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Registered: 2009-09-29

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Re: Tool to record desktop and live stream it

I don't know about the streaming part, but for capturing the desktop, you just need ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -f x11grab -s wxga -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq ~/my_video.mpg

(from distrowatch)

Maybe pipe the output to netcat ? ;-)

ammon

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Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 413

Re: Tool to record desktop and live stream it

Have you considered Skype's Share My Screen functionality? Its usefulness would depend on what you want to use it for, but I've used it for remote presentations and it works quite well. An obvious advantage is its cross platform nature. On the downside, it does tend to be a bit resource intensive.

Yep, skype does the job. True, it does consume cpu alot, but I wont use it often.
Thanks!
I just wish there was opensource app for this.

Berticus

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

Re: Tool to record desktop and live stream it

Streaming on something like justin.tv? There is an open source solution. You can use WebCamStudio, in aur, and grab the fme xml file from justin.tv. I tried doing this, but wasn't able to find the fme xml file. You should also be able to use vlc.