On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 11:39:55PM +0000, Andy wrote: > you seem to have a lot of qemu images, first you create 1, then copy > it and make read only.
Yes, that becomes the master image which I backup. The reason for that is that in the past I have made changes to the master which are difficult to undo to get back to a flat install. > then you say you make another copy for each demo > Do you delete this after making the demo? Yes. I'll add that point. > if so why not just use the > original image with -snapshot (this prevents it from writing to the > disk image unless you issue the command to do so)? > Yeah, you could do that I guess. I find it easier to just have separate images for different tasks. I have quite a bit of disk space, but if space was a premium then by all means use the snapshot method. > I couldn't see any mention of the FPS, did you use the default 10fps? > the default is 24 in xvidcap for MPEG2 here. That's what I use. It frequently doesn't manage that if there's a lot going on on-screen. When you finish recording you get a report (I'll post some screenshots in a bit) that tells you what the target frame rate was and what the achieved rate was. I usually get about 20-22 fps. I guess that could be lowered. > You also mention making the intro and end bits, where would one find > 'ubuntu-uk-titles.odp', and can anyone use them? Ah, that was in one of my previous mails. I have made that line a link in the guide. Thanks. > Seems a little long winded to sit there recording a static screen, > there must be an easier way, problem is knowing what that easier way > is. > It's only recording it for 10 seconds, and the "back" page is the same 5-10 seconds for every video you make, so you only need to do the front one for each video. The reason I did it that was was so that I would get an MPEG out which makes for easy editing along with the body, and I didn't want to have a different process for that. But if someone has a good idea for making those titles, I'm listening. > Tips for reducing noise was good, never thought of that. > I picked that up from a podcasting book :) > all in all a very good article. > Thanks, and the comments are appreciated. Cheers, Al. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
