screenrecord

Record screen with python

The backstory for this tool is here

Installation

Install this tool using pip:

pip install screenrecord

Usage

For help, run:

record --help

You can also use:

python -m record --help

Shows

usage: record [-h] [-i INITDELAY] [-l LOOP] [--fps FPS] [-d DELAY]
              [-dur DURATION] [--bbox BBOX [BBOX ...]] [-f] [-aw] [-s]
              filename

Screen Recording with python

positional arguments:
  filename              filename can be mp4 or gif or mov

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INITDELAY, --initdelay INITDELAY
                        Initial delay in seconds, default 5 s
  -l LOOP, --loop LOOP  No of loops for GIF, default 5 (0 = infinite loop)
  --fps FPS             FPS, default is 10
  -d DELAY, --delay DELAY
                        Delay between frames in seconds, default 0.1 s
  -dur DURATION, --duration DURATION
                        Duration of capture, default 20s
  --bbox BBOX [BBOX ...]
                        Bounding box, default (0, 0, 50, 50)
  -f, --fullscreen      Record fullscreen
  -aw, --activewindow   Allows user to select an active window to record.
  -s, --save            Save frames used for creating the gif/mp4

Development

To contribute to this tool, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd screenrecord
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

python -m pytest