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I want to be able to reliably record videos for a YouTube channel, however the software I've tried all has individual flaws. The programs I've tried are:

  • SimpleScreenRecorder (flaw being that the audio begins to echo after a while when recording)

  • Kazam (flaw being the computer crashing whilst processing very long recordings)

  • OBS (flaw being spontaneous freezing of whole computer system)

  • RecordMyDesktop (flaw being that I have 2 monitors so its difficult to get the recording space right)

Are there any reliable alternatives?

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  • Still curious, did you try? May 19, 2016 at 13:23
  • @JacobVlijm not yet, i get back to my computer tomorrow so ill try then
    – user508005
    May 19, 2016 at 15:15
  • @JacobVlijm vokoscreen crashes with 'illegal instruction' error on my setup
    – user508005
    May 20, 2016 at 14:57
  • Huh?? What is your Ubuntu version? Unity 14.04/15.10/16.04 works fine here. May 20, 2016 at 14:59
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    Possible duplicate of How to record my screen?
    – Elder Geek
    Mar 29, 2017 at 14:54

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Vokoscreen works remarkably well on my system. The screencast in this post was made with it.

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It has a number of options, a.o. to record a section of the screen, the whole screen, sound options and so on.

You'll have to see if it works in your situation for your specific requirements though.

Vokoscreen is in the repos.

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  • okay thank you. will try this as soon as i get back to my computer! how can i download this through command line? i presume apt-get install vokoscreen?
    – user508005
    May 18, 2016 at 7:42
  • @Jelly if you make it sudo apt-get install vokoscreen it should work. May 18, 2016 at 10:08
  • Crashes with 'Illegal Instruction'. It downloaded version 1.9.0 though and i can't figure how to get the updated version
    – user508005
    May 20, 2016 at 14:58
  • Nevermind: managed to get a later version which seems more stable. Will test it properly soonish
    – user508005
    May 20, 2016 at 15:39
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I prefer kdenlive it has an editor and plugin, I tried all you mentioned but all of them are not comparable with it, available by default on 16.04 Software Center you can see more help here to install on 14.04 it's almost equivalent to camtasia studio on ubuntu

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