Recording X or VNC Activity to a Video File?

Linux and Unix-Like Linux
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I have the need to record some step by step instructions to help with instruction in using Fedora Core 3. I was wondering if there are any ways to capture X or VNC activity to a video file. It can be any of the most common formats (MPEG, DiVX/ViDX, Ogg Theora, etc...) Does anyone know of any apps that can do this? Right now, my only option looks to be using a video card with a TV out hooked up to a capture card on another box and recording that way. Or... I could use the power of the "dark side" and download Windows Media Encoder to snag the Linux video screenshots with fullscreen VNC to a WMA file. Ideally I just want to do this on the Linux box itself without needing to go through extra rigamaroll.

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You could try encoding the VNC session to SWF (Shockwave Flash) using vnc2swf.

Cheers
ZB

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Xvidcap
a small tool to capture things going on on an X-Windows display to either individual frames or an MPEG video.

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Thanks locustfurnace and Zazzybob. Those are both exactly what I was looking for. I don't know how I missed xvidcap in my searches. I never would have imagined something like a vnc2swf encoder though. I will probably give these both a spin to see which one can produce smaller files.