2020-05-18-1241Z


I tried to install some screen recording software but it crashed. So I came up with a simple way to do what I want:

First, start "recording" one frame a second.

mkdir /tmp/record
while [ -d /tmp/record ]; do import -window root /tmp/record/$(date +%s').jpg; sleep 1; done

Then start doing whatever you want to record. In my case, I wanted to make a video of a run of my covid-19 heatmap.

When done, rename the directory to end recording: mv /tmp/record /tmp/record.done.

Then run the magic ffmpeg command:

cd /tmp/record.done
ffmpeg -framerate 10 -pattern_type glob -i '*.jpg' -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4

Then you can play it: cvlc out.mp4 vlc://quit

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