Taking a screencast in Backtrack 4

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Published on 2010-03-04T23:14:35Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 7:03 UTC
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I'm working on a tutorial using Backtrack 4 Live USB, and I would like to take a screencast of what I'm doing (not just screenshots)

So far I have tried these application with limited success:

-recordmydesktop
-xvidcap
-wink
-istanbul
-vlc
-vnc2flv

Each time I try the resulting files are generally choppy (at best 1 frame per second) and most don't even end up with a clear view of the screen each time. If anyone has suggestions for the screencast I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks, Bryan

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