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Using desktop as fake webcam on linux

I want to make a live stream of (a window on) my linux desktop using a free streaming site, using the captured video as a fake webcam. There are many tools for this on windows. ffmpeg allows me to capture input on a specific window, but I can't find…
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How to record screencast on Linux with mouse clicks and key hits shown

Basically I'm looking for an application to record a series of tutorials for a program I wrote. It's important to show the actions like mouse click, mouse right click, and all what's coming out from the keyboard. In the similar way to this video…
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Is there any software that can capture the screen and turn it into a fake webcam input?

Is there any software that can capture the screen and turn it into a webcam-type input so that you can easily record and/or broadcast your screen with regular video software? Edit: Just to be clear, I'd like to be able to use it live as an input to…
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Live screencasting from a Windows PC to a DLNA-enabled TV - possible?

We're looking to buy some LCD monitors to be used as dashboard displays in the development offices around here at work. Primarily they will display information from a PC directly connected via HDMI or VGA. However, an awesome use case would be where…
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Recording only one window in Gnomes 3 default desktop recorder

Gnome 3 has great feature under Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R shortcut1. I guess this is Istanbul. It appears that it's not istanbul... Yet I can't find any info about this program. Where can I find man page? How can I run it from console? And most importantly:…
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Mac OSX screencast solutions

I need to make some quick and simple demo videos of a web application. These videos will need to be embedded into help pages in the application, but can be externally hosted. As a startup without lots of funds, my preference is to find open source,…
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Can Slack Share Only One Window Or Part Of Screen?

Any way to share only one window or part of screen during Slack screen share?
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Best tools to produce screencasts in Linux?

I would like to make some screencasts to teach programming in Linux. Ideally they should be able to: Record, of course, what is happening in the screen (ideally they should be able to record only specific zones). Zoom / highlight. Annotate. Record…
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Convert GTK RecordMyDesktop OGV video for OpenShot editing

I make some screencasts with my laptop. The software that I use in Ubuntu is GTK RecordMyDesktop which gives me an OGV file. The quality is perfect and I am happy with it. For publishing or giving it to other people though I need to do some minor…
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Inexpensive, simple screen recording application for mac

I am more and more consistently running into the need to create screencasts (record my screen) for clients to show them how to use programs or websites. Up until now I've been using Jing and it's been wonderful. But I would like something that can…
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Hacker Typer style application for Windows

I need to do a bunch of screencasts that demonstrate some programming techniques. I already know what I'm going to type for each of them, and I'd like to minimize all the delays and awkwardness from typos and trying to think what I was supposed to…
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Live Screencast under Linux

I was having some difficulty with running a Live Screencast under Linux. I've found jtvlc and tried using that, but whenever I use it the stream comes out either blank or lagged with extremely high latency. I have a fast internet connection and a…
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Is there a remote desktop application that supports recording?

Problem Recently I recorded a screen presentation with CamStudio to an avi file. The output was rather big (800 MB for about 45 min) and had some disadvantages like flickering colors and a too small sample rate for mouse movements. Idea I often work…
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What screenkey/key-mon clones exist for Windows?

I am planning a screencast and would prefer to use PuTTY from my Windows 7 (x64) box. However, I want the audience to see what keys I am pressing on screen. For Linux there are screenkey or key-mon, but what can I use on Windows? I don't care if it…
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Recording pressed keys while recording your desktop

What utilities are there that can record and display on screen keys you're pressing and at the same time recording your desktop? So the viewers can see what keys I'm pressing, for example, while explaining something in Vim?
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