Quoting: Quote from LuckiMaybe i don't get the point of your program, but as you already use Simple Screen Recorder to record this video, why don't you use it also for livestreaming? With OpenGL-recording you don't even need to set up a screen region.

SSR is already great for capturing video, so i think, Linux needs a better way to arrange the video with overlays, pause-screens, moving text for the background song, … - like xsplit.
Maybe you can hook up into SSR and focus your program on the streaming.

Well, SSR actually supports experimental livestreaming on its own, I just find the UI too clunky for that. Also, I started this project before I had any knowledge about high quality multimedia apps like SSR (back when I recorded all my videos with the horrible RecordMyDesktop) and since then I have been keeping this project alive while waiting for someone to make a better livestreaming application. I think I lack the skills to make anything similar to XSplit or OBS.

Quoting: Quote from minjIs there anything to gain by using avconv rather than ffmpeg?

I don't think there is. As far as I know they are pretty much identical.

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Quoting: Quote from stanThat’s nice. I’m a programmer and not afraid of long command lines, but finding the good parameters for ffmpeg can take a lot of time. Can Castawesome record only a window? Record sound without Pulseaudio (with ALSA)? Save to disk instead of livestream? (Yeah I’m not really interested in livestreaming at this point!)

It can do both windowed and fullscreen video input and audio input through Pulseaudio, but sadly it supports only one audio device at a time, unless you use null sinks. Saving the recording to disk is something that can be done and I've actually done that few times to test the video quality, but it's not officially a feature, because tools like SimpleScreenRecorder do that a lot better. I might add that into the project for testing purposes though.

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I haven't been interested too much in the upcoming/new Windows-based games. I mainly use Wine to run few older games that I doubt will ever be ported like Skyrim, Fallout-series, Halo: Combat Evolved and so on, so if Wine can manage running those with minimal issues I am fine with that and the new releases that support Linux.

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Quoting: Quote from sherlock

Quoting: QuoteWell that's some grand news to end 2014 on right?

I go to sleep, wake up and missed an entire year? Holy moly ;).

It should make more sense now. :D

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Quoting: Quote from QantouriscYou missed the guy following you @06:03 :) see on top of the screen.

I wonder what he might be up to... Gotta play some more and see.

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Quoting: Quote from BcsAs soon most major game devs switch to Linux/OpenGL, Micro$oft will forbid OpenGL in Windows, or they will just shut down Linux entirely, or patent all PC gaming, to get royalties for that, regardless of the OS. They have the money/support for that, so...

That won't happen. OpenGL support is included in the graphics card drivers, which are controlled by their respective companies (mainly AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) and not by Microsoft. They can't shut down Linux either, because they don't have any control over it. Patenting PC gaming? Won't happen, since Microsoft didn't invent PC gaming. In fact, people played "games" on PCs even before Microsoft released their 4K Basic on Altair8800.

And lastly, there are laws against such anti-competetive practises.

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Quoting: Quote from stanWhat about the story/quests? Is this WoW-style “go kill 10 wolves” or is it a bit better? ;)

Also, has anyone tried it on 1st gen Intel HD Graphics?

As far as I've played the quests aren't only mob grinding, there are some fetch quests and the like. Of course it's not terribly complex, so don't set your expectations too high.

As for the Intel HD Graphics, I get 40+ FPS on my 3K, so I guess it could possibly work on the first gens, but don't quote me on that.

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Quoting: Quote from ShmerlI see the Android version was already sold on Humble Bundle. Will they distribute the Linux version through HB as well?

UPDATE: It's already in the Humble Store (DRM free) for $12.49. I just didn't notice it before:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/ravensword_shadowlands_storefront [External Link]

Good RPG natively on Linux DRM-free? Instant buy.

On a side note, Shadowrun Returns is in the Humble Store now as well (DRM free).

Excellent! I'll slap that link onto the article in case someone doesn't check the comment section.

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Quoting: Quote from stanNot excited at all because Penumbra Overture is unplayable due to poor mouse handling (I have to set the acceleration option to the max and then the pointer moves way too fast in the menu (and faster horizontaly than verticaly), but ingame rotations are still too slow). Also the graphics are completely bugged on my Core i3 Intel HD Graphics, and there is no alt-tab.

I also got Amnesia and don’t remember what the problems were, but I couldn’t play it either. (Looks like I deleted the files for this one.)

Maybe if they used SDL2 this time it will be playable… I’m definitely not buying it without trying a demo first!

I've played some Amnesia on my Intel HD Graphics 3000 laptop and it ran perfectly with a decent framerate. I haven't played any Penumbra games on the laptop, but on my main rig Black Plague runs without hitches.

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I've hated them ever since I heard they destroyed Sierra Entertainment back in 2008.

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