screenshotter 0.1.0

Automatically take full-screen screenshots at a fixed rate

Screenshotter

A simple utility for automatically taking full-screen screenshots at a fixed rate.

Installation

Note that screenshotter requires Python 3.

git clone https://github.com/cvaugh/screenshotter.git
cd screenshotter
pip install -e .

Usage

screenshotter [--screen <id>] [--outdir <path>] [--list-screens] <rate> <unit>

Argument	Description
rate	The rate at which to take screenshots.
unit	The unit of the rate argument. This must be one of seconds, minutes, hours, s, m, or h.
--screen	Screenshots will be taken of this screen. Use --list-screens to find your desired screen's ID. Defaults to the primary screen.
--outdir	Screenshots will be saved in this directory. Defaults to the current working directory.
--list-screens	List available screens and exit.
--silent	Do not print any output during normal operation.

Example

Take 15 screenshots per minute of screen 1 and save them in the directory screenshots:

screenshotter --screen 1 --outdir 'screenshots' 15 m