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A simple bash script to capture your screen in Linux using ffmpeg and slop
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # function that shows you how to use this tool | |
| usage() { | |
| echo "Usage $0 [-o outfile] [-d outdir] [-f fps]" | |
| echo " -o: Specify the output file (default: screen_rec_<current_time_and_date>.mp4)" | |
| echo " -d: Specify the output directory (default: ./)" | |
| echo " -f: Specify the fps (default: 30)" | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| # defaults | |
| output_file="screen_rec_$(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S").mp4" | |
| output_dir="./" | |
| fps=30 | |
| # command line parsing | |
| while getopts "o:d:f:h" opt; do | |
| case $opt in | |
| o) output_file="$OPTARG" ;; | |
| d) output_dir="$OPTARG" ;; | |
| f) fps="$OPTARG" ;; | |
| h) usage ;; | |
| \?) usage ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| # check for trailing / at the and of directory path | |
| if [[ $output_dir != */ ]] | |
| then | |
| output_dir=${output_dir}"/" | |
| fi | |
| output_path="${output_dir}${output_file}" | |
| # get selected area | |
| selected_area=$(slop -f "%x %y %w %h") | |
| # extract the coordinates and dimensions from teh selected_area | |
| read -r x y w h <<< "$selected_area" | |
| echo "Recording started ..." | |
| ffmpeg -f x11grab -framerate "$fps" -video_size "${w}x${h}" -i :0.0+"$x","$y" -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 0 "$output_path" | |
| echo "Recording saved as $output_path" |
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