https://github.com/dotheevo/screen-capture-general

bash scripts for screenshots, gif recording, video recording
https://github.com/dotheevo/screen-capture-general

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bash scripts for screenshots, gif recording, video recording

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dotheevo/screen-capture-general
• Owner: DoTheEvo
• Created: 2015-08-19T15:38:40.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-03-05T01:53:10.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-02-27T21:15:41.672Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: C
• Size: 206 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# make_screenshot.sh

Simple screenshot scripts that choses jpg or png depending on file size

#### dependencies

* `maim` for making screenshots

* `slop` to allow maim area screnshots

* `xdotool` to allow active window screenshots

* `imagemagick` for converting png to jpg

* `sox` for playing the shutter sound

Clicking on an active window of an application or a dekstop will select it whole, dragging rectangle will pick that selection

Pictures are saved in to `~/Pictures/screenshots` with the file name being always unique based on the epoch time(seconds since 1970) - for example `144008968.png`

Imagemagick is then used to create a jpg version of the file. One of the files gets deleted based on the size `(( pngsize < 3 * jpgsize ))`

* jpg file is kept if it is considerably smaller than the png file, which is the case if screenshot contains a movie still or a photograph

* png file is kept in cases of bland text and uniform color use, like websites or desktop/filemanager screenshots

After screenshot is done, sox plays ~/media/shutter.ogg

##### run it

* recommended to bind this script to the PrtScr button

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# make_gif.sh

Records small size gif of the selected area

#### dependencies

* `byzanz` for recording the gif

* `slop` for getting the recording area coordinates, dimensions

* `sox` for playing the shutter sound

The scripts uses project `byzanz` for recording the gif. It might be problem getting it, Arch users have currently working [AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/byzanz-git/?comments=all).

Clicking on an active window of an application or a dekstop will select it whole, dragging rectangle will pick that selection

gifs are saved in to `~/Pictures/screenshots` with the file name starting with "gif_" followed by epoch time(seconds since 1970), for example `gif_1440011339.gif`

##### run it

* `make_gif.sh` - records gif for 10 seconds

* `make_gif.sh 19` - records gif for 19 seconds

* `make_gif.sh 120 test` - recording for 2 minutes and the gif name is test.gif

sox plays ~/media/shutter.ogg at the start and at the end of recording

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# make_video.sh

Makes webm recording of selected area

### dependencies

* `ffmpeg` - for recording the video and coverting to webm

* `slop` for getting the recording area coordinates, dimensions

* `sox` for playing the shutter sound

Clicking on an active window of an application or a dekstop will select it whole, dragging rectangle will pick that selection

For performance benefit, video is recorded as mp4, then converted to webm

Videos are saved in to `~/Pictures/screenshots` with the file name starting with "vid_" followed by epoch time(seconds since 1970), for example `vid_1440011339.webm`

##### run it

* `make_video.sh` - records for 10 seconds

* `make_video.sh 19` - records for 19 seconds

* `make_video.sh 120 test` - recording for 2 minutes and the name would be test,webm

sox plays ~/media/shutter.ogg at the start and at the end of recording

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