LinuxFest Northwest 2012 | LAS | s21e07

We push through the fest hangover, and tell you what rocked and what shocked!

PLUS – Some Linux video editing tips, and recording Google+ Hangouts!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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Matt’s Howto:

The bulk of the howto is going to be in the video. However, there are some things you need access to.

1) Kdenlive – use this Ubuntu PPA if you’re using Ubuntu 11.10.
In a terminal window:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive

2) When you first run Kdenlive, it’s likely going to give you some first run errors, regarding ML, cancel instead of closing the app (so the first run wizard runs again later).
If running Ubuntu 11.10 and you’ve added the PPA, you will want to add/update the following.

From Synaptic, search for libmlt++3 – if it’s showing you have anything older than version 0.7.6, update the package. Also double check that libmlt-data and libmlt4 are installed.

Now you can run kdenlive again and it will show everything is working perfectly.

3) To run your webcam successfully in Google Plus hangouts, make sure your webcam is plugged in (directly, no hubs). Open up a Google Plus hangout without joining it. Visit “check settings”. If the webcam is working, great. If it’s not, then close the browser and install WebcamStudio from the latest Deb package. It will installed either via Gdebi or from the Software Center automatically.

3a) If you want/need to run WebcamStudio, perhaps because your webcam wasn’t detected in Firefox or Chrome, start the software, follow along with the video to get the software running with your webcam.

4) Since your end goal is to record Google Plus hangouts as a video, you will need to install the screen recording software known as Kazam.
In a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kazam-team/stable-series
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kazam

5) Open the Kazam software as I showed you in the video and confirm your settings and begin recording. To stop recording once you’ve started, look to the upper right near the network settings and clock, right click on the Kazam widget and stop recording from there. Remember: Do not export to a video editor directly as the video file will not be saved normally. Choose to save it for later instead.

6) With Kazam recording and WebcamStudio using your webcam, open a browser with the Google Video chat plugin installed, browse to Google Plus, then start a hangout.

7) Once the hangout is finished, close the hangout, stop Kazam, save the file, import it into Kdenlive. Drag the video into the timeline, cut the clip as to make sure the area you wish to obscure is covered. Tip: When moving the obscure box corners, understand that it’s very sensitive and getting the cursor into position takes a steady hand. So patience is critical.

8) Save the project, export it as you see fit.

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RandomGuy

http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Plugins/YaRSS2 this will allow you to manage rss feeds in Deluge – pretty neat plugin
ChrisLAS

Perfect, thanks much!

-Chris
http://techmansworld.blogspot.com/ MHazell

Hey Chris, is your podcast host different?
cnidaria

please stop the how to’s!
ChrisLAS

For the videos it is yep, we will have more info in this month’s Jupiter Signal news letter.

-Chris
http://techmansworld.blogspot.com/ MHazell

Also can you please tell Brian to please install Disqus comments on his blog as well. I love Disqus, as my bio states.
Luiz

Brazilian buses also run Linux!
Didn’t take pic though.
erad84

Great show. BEST intro yet, like an angry chipmunk lol

Sublime video player doesn’t work too well in Firefox for me. Plays like 1/3 of the video then stops. Reloading the page or moving the progress bar doesn’t help. Had to load up Chrome to finish watching the rest.
http://thestrayworld.com/ Rewarp

Bittorent! First time I am seeing them on LAS. My favourite way to download.
ChrisLAS

What’s your location? Could be the file is not near you.
erad84

Sydney, Australia.

HTML5 version in Chrome is ok. The old flash player you typically have been using was good too. But Sublime flash version in FF seems to stop buffering after a while and when you hit the end of the buffer it doesn’t download more of the video to continue. Happened last time you briefly switched to Sublime too.

Any chance of getting the old white JB branded player back? (at least for where flash is required)
erad84

Just tried the video again and it buffered all the way this time. So not sure where the issue is/was.
Sark

The torrent system rocks!
ChrisLAS

Great, thanks for the follow up! Also if you right click on the Sublime player, you can switch it between Flash or HTML5, if your browser has the codecs!

-Chris
erad84

I did work that out but the HTML5 version isn’t supported in FF12.
Zeroangel

So if the busses run D-BUS, I wonder what police stations run. DCOP?
Exeleration-G

Please don’t. I like them.
Exeleration-G

This torrent system is awesome.