gtk-recordMyDesktop

How to record audio(from Mic) and video(from screen) from the desktop on Linux(Fedora Core 6)?

I was looking for a screen recording software. I wanted the software to capture video from the screen and audio from Mic. I had heard about recoding audio and video separately by using tools like Audacious. I knew there was a software which could do it simultaneously. I googled around and found out gtk-recordMyDesktop was what I needed. As usual, I clicked Applications->Add/Remove Software to launch Package Manager. I searched for "recordmydesktop" and selected gtk-recordmydesktop-0.3.3.1-4.fc6 from the search results to install it.

gtk-RecordMyDesktop did a great job by recording video but not audio. I started the troubleshooting process. I clicked Advanced on the gtk-recordMyDesktop window and then clicked Sound tab. There was an option to use Jack for audio capture. I selected Jack for audio capture and it only gave me error messages stating jack_lsp returned no ports. It also asked me to make sure jackd is running. I tried various commands to start jackd but I couldn't. I gave up using Jack with gtk-recordMyDesktop.

I double clicked the Volume Control icon on the panel to open Mixer. Then clicked File->Change Device to select Alsa Mixer. I was using OSS Mixer before. Then I clicked Options tab, selected the appropriate Input Source. I use Front Mic. Then tried my luck with recordMyDesktop. It was successful. I can now capture both audio and video from the desktop simultaneously.