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Command to screen capture/cast a selectable X11 window using ffmpeg (avconv) with lossless H.264
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gm=$(xwininfo | grep 'geometry') && avconv -video_size $(echo $gm | grep -Eo '[0-9]+x[0-9]+') -framerate 30 -f x11grab -i :0.0+$(echo $gm | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\+[0-9]+$' | sed s/+/,/),nomouse -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -preset ultrafast -profile:v high444 capture.mov
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