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September 19, 2014 04:59
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Record a window as GIF using byzanz
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Delay before starting | |
| DELAY=10 | |
| # Sound notification to let one know when recording is about to start (and ends) | |
| beep() { | |
| paplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Im-Irc-Event.ogg & | |
| } | |
| # Duration and output file | |
| if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then | |
| D="--duration=$@" | |
| else | |
| echo Default recording duration 10s to /tmp/recorded.gif | |
| D="--duration=10 /tmp/recorded.gif" | |
| fi | |
| XWININFO=$(xwininfo) | |
| read X < <(awk -F: '/Absolute upper-left X/{print $2}' <<< "$XWININFO") | |
| read Y < <(awk -F: '/Absolute upper-left Y/{print $2}' <<< "$XWININFO") | |
| read W < <(awk -F: '/Width/{print $2}' <<< "$XWININFO") | |
| read H < <(awk -F: '/Height/{print $2}' <<< "$XWININFO") | |
| echo Delaying $DELAY seconds. After that, byzanz will start | |
| for (( i=$DELAY; i>0; --i )) ; do | |
| echo $i | |
| sleep 1 | |
| done | |
| beep | |
| byzanz-record --verbose --delay=0 --x=$X --y=$Y --width=$W --height=$H $D | |
| beep |
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Usage example:
./record-window-gif.sh 20 /tmp/format.gif
To record for 20seconds and output in /tmp/format.gif