Record to gif

byzanz-record-region.sh

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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
+
+# xrectsel from https://github.com/lolilolicon/FFcast2/blob/master/xrectsel.c
+ARGUMENTS=$(xrectsel "--x=%x --y=%y --width=%w --height=%h") || exit -1
+
+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 ${ARGUMENTS} $D
+beep

byzanz-record-window.sh

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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