I just tried out recordmydesktop. It’s a pretty cool program that basicly does what it says, that is record my desktop. It also captures audio from mic and any music/sounds you are playing at the time of recording. Good for creating video demos, tutorials, whatever. Grit!
Specially for people having problems recording the audio or sound … :
gtk-recordMyDesktop (records video + audio) and gnome-sound-recorder (records audio) can record both the system and the microphone sound. To choose the sound to be recorded open gnome-volume-control (from ALT+F2 for example), click on Hardware, then on Profile and there choose the corresponding option, depending on what will be recorded ..:
+ sound of the system: a) Analog Stereo Output; or b) Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958)
+ sound from the microphone: a) Analog Stereo Duplex; or b) Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input
In gnome-volume-control, it may be necessary to choose “Off”, close it, open it again, choose the desired option and close it again.
Some of the other options may work sometimes, but they may record sometimes the system sound and sometimes the mic sound. And other options may record audio but could not permit to listen to the recorded sound. So it’s better not to use those options.
NB: system sound is the sound of what one can hear from the speaker. It can be a .ogg or .mp3, … song played by Totem, or a Flash music video of a web site, …