{"id":6882,"date":"2017-06-17T17:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T17:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6882"},"modified":"2017-06-17T17:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T17:13:24","slug":"animated-gif-recorder-peek-1-0-3-released-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/06\/animated-gif-recorder-peek-1-0-3-released-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Animated GIF Recorder &#8216;Peek&#8217; 1.0.3 Released [Ubuntu PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/peek-icon.png\" alt=\"peek Animated GIF recorder\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6378\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Simple animated GIF screen recorder Peek 1.0.2 and then 1.0.3, with packaging fixes, were released a few days ago.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Peek provides a simple user interface allows you to select a screen area to record by moving and resizing the window. There&#8217;s a countdown after clicking on the &#8216;Record&#8217; button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/peek-window-600x389.jpg\" alt=\"peek recording area\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/peek-window-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/peek-window-450x292.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/peek-window.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Peek 1.0.2 \/ 1.0.3 come with bug-fixes, translation updates and small tweaks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finish and save recording when closing the app while rendering<\/li>\n<li>Highlight file when launching Dolphin file manager<\/li>\n<li>Use raw video for recording GIF with GNOME Shell recorder (fix poor video quality)<\/li>\n<li>fix app failed to record MP4 when dimensions where not divisible by 2<\/li>\n<li>fix the countdown issue.<\/li>\n<li>fix that close window while recording could leave temp files behind<\/li>\n<li>fix notification in KDE Plasma, Cinnamon and XFCE<\/li>\n<li>Place close button on the left on all desktops<\/li>\n<li>Translation updates, added man page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install Peek GIF recorder in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The developer has made the packages into <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~peek-developers\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stable\" target=\"_blank\">PPA repository<\/a>, available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from app launcher, when it opens, run commands:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Add the Peek stable PPA:\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peek-developers\/stable<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/peek-ppa-600x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"91\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/peek-ppa-600x91.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/peek-ppa-450x68.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/peek-ppa.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Then check updates and install peek via commands:\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install peek<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t want to add PPA, grab the <b>.deb<\/b> package from your system from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~peek-developers\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stable\/+packages\" target=\"_blank\">PPA packages page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the screen recorder, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove peek<\/pre>\n<p>You can also manage the PPA repository by going to System Settings -> Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple animated GIF screen recorder Peek 1.0.2 and then 1.0.3, with packaging fixes, were released a few days ago. 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