https://github.com/ropery/FFcast

Run command on rectangular screen regions
https://github.com/ropery/FFcast

bash cli ffmpeg screencast screenshot x11

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Run command on rectangular screen regions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ropery/FFcast
• Owner: ropery
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2011-10-03T08:48:34.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-20T12:42:34.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-20T21:17:17.525Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: bash, cli, ffmpeg, screencast, screenshot, x11
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 192 KB
• Stars: 539
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 17
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.asciidoc
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
FFcast

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FFcast deals with rectangles on screens. Mostly, it selects rectangles. Like

most boring jobs, there are many ways to do it: free selection, selection by

window, screen number, numeric geometry, or by edge detection. Simple

arithmetic operations allow simple combinations and adjustments.

Now FFcast knows all about these rectangles, but what to do with them? Well,

like most useless things, there are many ways to use them: in practice,

screenshots and screencasts are obviously popular options; in general, the

geometry can be utilized by any application that understands X geometry,

including window managers, xorg-apps (xclock, xev),

https://git.gnome.org/browse/byzanz[byzanz-record],

http://www.knopwob.org/dunst/[dunst],

https://github.com/robm/dzen[dzen2],

https://ffmpeg.org[FFmpeg],

http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/[gifview],

https://www.imagemagick.org[ImageMagick],

https://github.com/naelstrof/maim[maim],

https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Mousetweaks[mousetweaks],

https://mpv.io[mpv],

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus[Nautilus],

https://gitlab.com/wavexx/screenkey[screenkey],

https://github.com/muennich/sxiv[sxiv],

http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/[xdotool],

https://github.com/KeyboardFire/xscast[xscast],

ftp://ftp.ac-grenoble.fr/ge/Xutils/[xsnap],

https://git.gnome.org/browse/zenity[zenity],

to randomly name a few.

FFcast provides several short commands for common tasks, just to please its

users, but hardly ever satisfies anyone. Like most unhelpful tools, it

encourages its users to roll their own cigarettes.

Anyway, here's wonder...ful

https://github.com/lolilolicon/FFcast/wiki/Demos[demos].

Requirements

------------

Bash 4.3+,

FFmpeg (`png` `rec`),

ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick (`trim`),

xdpyinfo (`-x`),

xprop (`-f`),

https://github.com/lolilolicon/xrectsel.git[xrectsel] (`-s`),

xwininfo (`-w`).

Installation

------------

Package available for:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ffcast[Arch Linux],

https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/media-video/ffcast[Gentoo],

https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.html[NixOS],

https://software.opensuse.org/package/ffcast[openSUSE].

https://github.com/lolilolicon/FFcast/issues/21[And your distro, too!]

To build and install from source,

  ./bootstrap  # generates ./configure

  ./configure --prefix /usr --libexecdir /usr/lib --sysconfdir /etc

  make

  make DESTDIR="$dir" install  # $dir must be an absolute path

To get xrectsel along with FFcast, pull in the submodule,

  git clone --recursive https://github.com/lolilolicon/FFcast.git

Then build and install as described above, but passing an additional

`--enable-xrectsel` to `./configure`.

Usage

-----

See link:doc/ffcast.1.pod[+ffcast(1)+].

Perhaps start with link:doc/ffcast.1.pod#examples[EXAMPLES].

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