Screencasting made simple is the ethos behind Linux screen-recording tool ‘Kazam‘ and the latest release sees it hammer home this point with improved features and a slew of bug fixes.
New and improved
So lets get down to the specifics of what’s new in the 0.11 release: –
- Kazam finally has a logo, created by Robert McKenna
- You are able to select which screen to record from
- You can now ‘pause’ in screencasts
- Options to choose video and audio quality
- Easier selection of upload URL
- Ability to go backwards from export window
- Warning when overwriting
The biggest improvement in Kazam 0.11 doesn’t come in the shape of new features, as welcome as they are, but in the big improvements to overall stability.
Amongst the 28 bugs fixed in this release are: –
- Kazam fails to install in Maverick
- Kazam fails when saving
- Kazam countdown window text is transparent>
- Pause doesn’t pause, but crashes
If you have previously tried Kazam and experienced issues then this latest release marks the perfect point at which to get reacquainted.
Download
Kazam has two PPA’s for easy installation and upgrading.
- A stable PPA for users who want stability over new features
- An unstable PPA for users who want new features at the possible expense of stability
Both PPA’s support Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 and can be added by entering the following commands into a Terminal: –
Stable:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:and471/kazam-daily-stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kazam
Unstable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:and471/kazam-daily-builds
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kazam
Help
If you want to help improve Kazam Screencast you can find the project page @ launchpad.net/kazam
*Kazam records at your desktop resolution uncompressed, and outputs in h264 and flac at 44.1khz in the mkv container, fact fans. Thanks Michael.