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How can I record an OpenGL game in Ubuntu?

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http://askubuntu.com – I would like to create a short clip of me playing Minecraft, an OpenGL game. The usual screencast recorders do not properly record OpenGL. What kind of software is available for this purpose? My experience with the software in the similar (but no longer duplicate) question: kazam: very low framerate despite setting to 60 FPS, no sound, unity menubar constantly flashing through the fullscreen window. RecordMyDesktop: max framerate setting is 50 FPS, but the video becomes extremely fast if not using the default 15 FPS. xvidcap: not available on 12.04 tibesti: not available on 12.04 wink: d (HowTos)

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Submitted by missing on 09/01/2012

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I would like to create a short clip of me playing Minecraft. What kind of software is available for this purpose?

I have already used recordmydesktop, xvidcap and kazam. My sound working fine with other audio or videos.

xvidcap doesn't record sound at all. I have tried many ways. If I try as: 'padsp xvidcap', it also gives error, like: /dev/dsp cannot found or missing. I have changed it to /dev/snd.

For Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) or 12.04 (Precise Pangolin, right now, only alpha version is available) LTS there are lot of ways to record desktop – to create screencast. Some of the most popular applications include – xvidcap, Tibesti, RecordMyDesktop, Kazam etc.

I have a game for iOS and Android that I now want to port to Ubuntu. I plan to distribute it with Ubuntu Software Center. Preferrably for free with an in-app-purchase.

My codebase is currently based on OpenGL ES2 and written in C++. I could rewrite to OpenGL, but having progammable shaders is a must. Fixed pipeline OpenGL will not suffice.

Is there a feature in place that lets you specify OpenGL

This short tutorial will show you how to record your Ubuntu desktop activity. You can create video screencast with this tool. All you need is RecordMyDesktop application. With this software you can record your desktop, save it to a video file and then you can upload and share your video tutorial on the internet easily. [...]

I've used wine for a very long time, and one of the things I've used it for was for a small game made in game maker which I like very much. Today, an update came through, wanting to update opengl. I accepted, and restarted the system as was required. Wine is now incapable of running that game (Which is 2d, btw).

For some reason, any OpenGL game I try to play crashes when it wants to open the window. Let me give you an example from running teeworlds from terminal:

imnotanerd@sys76laptop:~$ teeworlds # skip to the error [5015be1f][gfx]: unable to set video mode: X11 driver not configured with OpenGL [5015be1f][gfx]: out of ideas.

I find it interesting that Linux beats out Windows performance (the DUH part), but, by only 3.82% according to framerate using OpenGL on both Linux and Windows 7. However, with Windows 7 and DirectX vs 12.04 and OpenGL, the margin increases to 16.4%. That means OpenGL is faster than DirectX and has pretty much the same eyecandy.

Good day guys, I just need to clarify something. Ok for example i have setup my laptop with ubuntu 12.04 everything is running fine as tested. Grafx driver is also installed with close propriety driver. The question now is do i need to install opengl?