Notes for future self on screen recording on Linux

README.md

I'm currently getting frustrated at screen recording on Linux again. However, I think I've finally found tools that will work:

• ffmpeg/avconv for recording
  • https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop
  • ffmpeg -video_size 1024x768 -framerate 25 -f x11grab -i :0.0+100,200 output.mp4
    • Linux Mint/Ubuntu 14.04 need to use avconv instead of ffmpeg but they are the same damn thing -_-;;
    • Installed via apt: avconv-tools
• xrectsel for selecting a screen area
  • https://github.com/lolilolicon/xrectsel
  • Found via ffcast which semi-worked but wasn't so good with selection drawing and ran into avconv width is not even error
• ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick for serializing as a GIF
  • http://superuser.com/a/556031
  • mkdir frames - Create frames directory
  • avconv -i output.mp4 -r 10 frames/ffout%03d.png - Output 10 frames per second from input to keyed files
  • Cut frames by hand
  • convert -loop 0 frames/ffout*.png output.gif - Generate GIF with 0 delay between frames
  • imagemin output.gif > output.min.gif - Optionally minify GIF