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#!/bin/bash | |
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/107726/how-to-create-animated-gif-images-of-a-screencast#answer-201018 | |
# 1. Run byzanz-record-window 30 -c output.gif | |
# 2. Go to the window (alt-tab) you want to capture. Click on it. | |
# 3. Wait 10 seconds (hard-coded in $DELAY), in which you prepare for recording. | |
# 4. After the beep (defined in the beep function), byzanz will start. | |
# 5. After 30 seconds (that's the meaning of 30 in step 1), byzanz ends. A beep will be broadcast again. | |
# 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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Great!! thanks :)