[Kdenlive-devel] X virtual screen 1280x720

[Dan Dennedy]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Jean-Michel Pouré <jm at poure.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> I would like to start Gnome in 1280x720 resolution to make screen grabs
> compatible with 720p. This is for making tutorials and uploading them to
> Vimeo.
>
> My computers have Nvidia video cards and proprietary drivers.
> My screen is 1400x1050.
>
> Do you know a way to restrict display to a virtual size which is smaller
> that the real display.

I have used demorecorder, and the way it works is to launch a desktop
environment into a nested X session using xnest or something like it.
It has a way to pass the resolution through options or config.

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