When recording screencasts via gtk-recordmydesktop, the volume is very low. We can increase the volume when we convert the default ogv format to avi format. Here is an example. mencoder video.ogv -o video.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=standard -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=4000 -lameopts abr:br=128:vol=9 -mc 0 -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in