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How to install Vokoscreen on Ubuntu 16.04

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How to install Vokoscreen on Ubuntu 16.04

Vokoscreen is a screencast recorder. It is built with QT4 libraries and uses ffmpeg and mkvtoolnix for video recording done with minimalistic GUI. It also manages to record the desktop (zoom in or zoom out) efficiently. This article will explain on how to install vokoscreen on Ubuntu 16.04.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, update the apt sources.list by executing the apt-get update command. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 306 kB in 2s (127 kB/s)   
Reading package lists... Done

Next run the install command to install the vokoscreen package in the target system. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install vokoscreen
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  ffmpeg i965-va-driver libaacs0 libass5 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5
  libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbdplus0 libbluray1 libbs2b0 libcrystalhd3
  libdc1394-22 libdc1394-utils libflite1 libgme0 libgsm1 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libopenal-data libopenal1
  libopencv-core2.4v5 libopencv-imgproc2.4v5 libopenjpeg5 libpostproc-ffmpeg53 libqt4-test
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsdl1.2debian libshine3 libsnappy1v5 libsodium18 libsoxr0 libssh-gcrypt-4
  libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3 libtbb2 libtwolame0 libva1 libvdpau1 libx264-148 libx265-79
  libxvidcore4 libzmq5 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 mesa-vdpau-drivers va-driver-all vdpau-driver-all
  vdpau-va-driver
Suggested packages:
  ffmpeg-doc libbluray-bdj firmware-crystalhd libfglrx-amdxvba1 libvdpau-va-gl1 nvidia-vdpau-driver
  nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver
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Setting up libdc1394-utils (2.2.4-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Once the package is installed, type the installed vokoscreen in the ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application.
vokoscreen

That was an easy installation procedure, Wasn' t it? Vokoscreen can also record educational videos, live recordings of browser, installation, videoconferences, etc.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Is there any alternative of vokoscreen?

A

here I hjave to give some of the alternative for this
"Kazam Screencaster
ScreenStudio
recordMyDesktop".

Q

How to extract the audio of a recording?

A

Open the video file in Avidemux and export the audio track.

Q

What is Vokoscreen?

A

Vokoscreen is a screencast recorder. It is built with QT4 libraries and uses FFmpeg and mkvtoolnix for video recording done with minimalistic GUI. It also manages to record the desktop (zoom in or zoom out) efficiently.

Q

How to install Vokoscreen on Linux Mint?

A

USe the following command:
# apt-get install vokoscreen

Q

What does the red flashing fps field mean?

A

The value for the fps is too high. The computer can not bring forth this performance by this frame rate.
Make absolutely sure that the display field is green. Flashes red when recording in all likelihood damaged and/or the sound is asynchronous.

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