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recordscreen: A bash script for timelapse recordinging two separate X displays, and creating a picture-in-picture overlay with one display
#!/bin/bash
if [ ! $# -eq 2 ] ; then
echo "Usage: ./recordscreen delay outputfolder"
exit
fi
if [ ! -d $outputFolder ] ; then
echo "Output folder does not exist"
exit
fi
# $1:output
function captureScreenDump {
xwd -root -out $1
}
# $1:input-file $2:output-file
function prepareThumbnail {
convert $1 -thumbnail 300x300 -bordercolor "#881111aa" -border 2 \
\( +clone -background black -shadow 100x3+2+2 \) \
+swap -background none -layers merge +repage $2
}
# $1:left-image $2:right-image $3:output-frame
function prepareFinalFrame {
pictureInPictureOffset=+1588+837
convert -composite $1 $2 -geometry $pictureInPictureOffset $3
}
# $1:counter $2:folderOuput
function doFrameCapture {
# Filenames for left and right screen
outfile=`printf '%.5d' $1`-`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%s"`
left=${2}/left/${outfile}
right=${2}/right/${outfile}
# Capture both screens at the same time
(DISPLAY=:0.0 captureScreenDump ${left}.xwd && pid1=$!) &
(DISPLAY=:0.1 captureScreenDump ${right}.xwd && pid2=$!)
wait $pid1 $pid2
# Prepare right screen as thumbnail
thumbnail=${right}-thumbnail
prepareThumbnail ${right}.xwd ${thumbnail}.png
# Create final frame from left frame and thumbnail of right frame
outfileFinal=${2}/frames/`printf '%.5d' $1`
prepareFinalFrame ${left}.xwd ${thumbnail}.png ${outfileFinal}.png
# Cleanup:
rm $left.xwd $right.xwd $thumbnail.png
}
################### PROGRAM CODE STARTS ###################
delay=$1
outputFolder=$2
mkdir $outputFolder/{left,right,frames}
curr=0
while sleep $delay;
do
((curr++))
(doFrameCapture $curr $outputFolder &)
done
#################### ----------------- ####################
#!/bin/bash
# Setup:
####################
# Automatic setup detection using xrandr
xrandrOutput=`xrandr --query`
leftGeometry=`echo "$xrandrOutput" | grep -P "\sconnected" \
| grep -oP '\d+x\d+\+0\+\d+'`
rightGeometry=`echo "$xrandrOutput" | grep -P "\sconnected" \
| grep -oP '\d+x\d+\+\d{2,}\+\d+'`
primaryGeomtry=`echo "$xrandrOutput" | grep -P "\sconnected primary" \
| grep -oP '\d+x\d+\+\d+\+\d+'`
if [[ "$primaryGeomtry" == "$leftGeometry" ]] ; then
mainMonitor=left
elif [[ "$primaryGeomtry" == "$rightGeometry" ]] ; then
mainMonitor=right
else
echo "Failed to detect main monitor"
fi
leftMonitor=${leftGeometry%%+*}
rightMonitor=${rightGeometry%%+*}
pipSize=340x340
pipOffset=+30+20
# Implicit variables
leftMonitorWidth=${leftMonitor%x*}
echo "leftMonitor: " $leftMonitor
echo "rightMonitor: " $rightMonitor
echo "pipSize: " $pipSize
echo "pipOffset: " $pipOffset
echo "mainMonitor: " $mainMonitor
########################
if [[ ! "$mainMonitor" == "left" ]] && \
[[ ! "$mainMonitor" == "right" ]] ; then
echo "Bad mainMonitor variable"
exit
fi
if [ ! $# -eq 2 ] ; then
echo "Usage: ./recordscreen delay outputfolder"
exit
fi
if [ ! -d $outputFolder ] ; then
echo "Output folder does not exist"
exit
fi
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound event-sounds false
# $1:output
function captureScreenDump {
xwd -root -out $1
}
# $1:input-file $2:output-file
function prepareThumbnail {
if [[ "$mainMonitor" == "left" ]] ; then
geometry=${rightMonitor}+${leftMonitorWidth}+0
else
geometry=${leftMonitor}+0+0
fi
convert $1 -crop $geometry -thumbnail $pipSize \
-bordercolor "#881111aa" -border 2 \
\( +clone -background black -shadow 100x3+2+2 \) \
+swap -background none -layers merge +repage $2
}
# $1:captured-image $2:pip-thumbnail $3:output-frame
function prepareFinalFrame {
geometry=
if [[ "$mainMonitor" == "left" ]] ; then
geometry=${leftMonitor}+0+0
else
geometry=${rightMonitor}+${leftMonitorWidth}+0
fi
convert -crop $geometry ${1} ${1}.tmp.xwd
convert -composite ${1}.tmp.xwd $2 -gravity SouthEast \
-geometry $pipOffset $3
rm ${1}.tmp.xwd
}
# $1:counter $2:folderOuput
function doFrameCapture {
# Filenames for capture and right screen
outfile=`printf '%.5d' $1`-`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%s"`
capture=${2}/capture/${outfile}
pip=${2}/pip/${outfile}
# Capture both screens at the same time
captureScreenDump $capture.xwd
prepareThumbnail $capture.xwd $pip.png
# Create final frame from left frame and thumbnail of right frame
outfileFinal=${2}/frames/`printf '%.5d' $1`
prepareFinalFrame ${capture}.xwd ${pip}.png ${outfileFinal}.png
# Cleanup:
rm -f $capture.xwd $pip.png
}
function finalize() {
rm -f $outputFolder/{capture,pip}/*
rmdir $outputFolder/{capture,pip}
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound event-sounds true
exit
}
trap finalize SIGINT SIGTERM
################### PROGRAM CODE STARTS ###################
delay=$1
outputFolder=$2
curr=0
if [ -e $outputFolder/frames ] ; then
lastFrame=`ls -1 $outputFolder/frames/ | tail -n 1`
curr=`echo ${lastFrame%.*} | sed 's/^0*//'`
while true; do
read -p "Recording in progress (currently $curr frames)
Do you wish to continue at frame "$((curr+1))"? [y/n] " yn
case $yn in
[Yy]* ) break;;
[Nn]* ) exit;;
* ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";;
esac
done
fi
if [ ! -e $outputFolder/capture ] ; then mkdir $outputFolder/capture ; fi
if [ ! -e $outputFolder/pip ] ; then mkdir $outputFolder/pip ; fi
if [ ! -e $outputFolder/frames ] ; then mkdir $outputFolder/frames ; fi
while sleep $delay;
do
((curr++))
(doFrameCapture $curr $outputFolder &)
done
#################### ----------------- ####################
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Why using xwd -root -out foo.xwd instead of import -window root foobar.png? import is from ImageMagick, the same package that provides convert.

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