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Created July 11, 2016 13:38
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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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