https://github.com/espy/screenlapse

A bash script for os x that makes a timelapse video of your screen with ffmpg
https://github.com/espy/screenlapse

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A bash script for os x that makes a timelapse video of your screen with ffmpg

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/espy/screenlapse
• Owner: espy
• Created: 2012-04-20T11:11:42.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-04-20T12:12:38.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-08T03:12:25.843Z (3 months ago)
• Size: 92.8 KB
• Stars: 13
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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Screenlapse

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A bash script for os x that makes a timelapse video of your screen with ffmpg.

What it does

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* Takes incrementally numbered screenshots of your main monitor at a definable interval, and at a definable resolution. 

* If you have ffmpeg installed, it will let you render these screenshots to a .mov file at an arbitrary framerate.

How to use it

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* Clone screenlapse.command to wherever you want your screenshots and the video.

* Make the file executable (via cmd-i or chmod +x screenlapse.command).

* Double click it. 

If you're in a hurry, just smash the enter key three times to start recording with defaults, otherwise, you can set these parameters:

* __Interval__: number of seconds between each screenshot. Default is 4.

* __Starting value for incremental numbering__: if you exited the script before and want to resume now, put the name of the last screenshot +1 here (if your last screenshot was 2214.jpg, enter 2215 here). Default is 1.

* __Target width__: Whatever you want the width if the resulting images/video to be, i.e "640". Correct aspect ratio is maintained. Defaults to your screen resolution. 

You can then stop the screenshotting with ctrl-c. If ffmpeg is installed, you will then be prompted whether you want to render the screenshots into a -mov file. If yes, you will be prompted for:

* __Framerate__: Target framerate of the .mov. Default is 12.

* __Filename__: The name of the .mov file. Default is "timelapse".

Careful: screenlapse will overwrite any existing files without warning. 

Installing ffmpeg:

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If you have homebrew installed: ```$ brew install ffmpeg```

Otherwise try: 

    $ svn checkout svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg

    $ cd ffmpeg

    $ ./configure --enable-shared --disable-mmx

    $ sudo make

    $ sudo make install

(I could never make this work)

Stuff

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Screenlapse happened because of [this blog post](http://labs.laan.com/wp/2011/01/how-to-make-time-lapse-screencaptures-of-your-design-work-for-free-mac/), so thanks to those two guys.