View file File name : video-record.page Content :<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="video-record"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#main" group="#first"/> <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-08-25" status="candidate"/> <revision pkgversion="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-04-15" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-21" status="review"/> <credit type="author copyright"> <name>Julita Inca</name> <email its:translate="no">yrazes@gmail.com</email> <years>2011</years> </credit> <credit type="editor"> <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name> <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <desc>Use your webcam to record short movies for sharing with friends.</desc> </info> <title>Record a video</title> <p>To record a video using your webcam:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Make sure that you are in <gui>Video</gui> mode. If you are, the <gui style="button">Video</gui> button will be selected on the left side of the screen.</p> </item> <item> <p>Click the <gui style="button">Record a video using a webcam</gui> button in the middle of the bottom panel, or press the <key>Space</key> key, to start recording the video.</p> </item> <item> <p>To stop recording, press the same button again. You can also press the <key>Esc</key> or <key>Space</key> key to stop recording.</p> </item> </steps> <p>Videos are saved in the WebM (<file>.webm</file>) format.</p> <p>After you have stopped recording, the video will automatically appear in the photo stream at the bottom of the <app>Cheese</app> window. From there, you can <link xref="photo-view">open</link> or delete the video.</p> <p>If you have problems sharing a video with people using other operating systems (like Windows or Mac OS), you may need to <link href="help:gnome-help/video-sending">convert it to a different format</link>.</p> </page>