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recordmydesktop tweaked
#!/bin/bash
today=`date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S'`;
foldername="${HOME}/Videos/recordmydesktop"
filename="$foldername/$today.ogv"
echo 'RecordMyDesktop - screen capture ogv to folder'
echo $filename
echo 'Recording starts in 5 sec, terminate with Ctrl-C.'
sleep 5
echo Creating folder $foldername if not exists yet
mkdir -p $foldername
echo 'Recording begins now!'
recordmydesktop --v_quality 24 --s_quality -1 --freq 44100 -o $filename
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