How to create a screencast?

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Published on 2010-09-20T11:59:15Z Indexed on 2012/04/05 5:42 UTC
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How can I create a screencast on Ubuntu? What applications are available?

The app I'm looking for has ideally all of these features:

Can record in a format that can be played back easily on any platform and/or accepted by youtube or another popular video site
Can record just a window (instead of the whole screen), possibly selecting it with a mouse click
Can start recording after a configurable delay (e.g., I launch the app and have time to do arrangements to my desktop/window before actual recording starts)

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