On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 15:22:47 -0800, "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>on Wed, Nov 20, 2002, J?rg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> Hello Martin >> >> >is it possible to capture all that's going on on my X server to video >> >somehow? I imagine it can't be hard thanks to X's modular >> >architecture. Does anyone have a pointer or so? >> > >> <no better ideas so far, so why not throw in this one...> >> There are various programs that can capture the X desktop (screenshot). >> If you could use such a program in a script that makes a screenshot >> every second (or longer or shorter), you could assemble these images to >> a mpeg (or some other movie format, you might have followed the thread >> about this topic the last few days). >> Note: I have not taken screenshots before, so sory I can't tell you what >> screenshooter to use. > >I'd suggest 'import' from imagemagick: > > while import -window root screenshot.$( date +'%Y-%m-%d.%H%M%S).png; > do sleep 1; > done > >Though that's not quite realtime capture. I'd think a hardware device is >what you'd need for what you're describing, Martin. > >Peace. Could you describe more precisely what you mean by "video"? Would a graphics card with TV out connected to a VCR do? Or do you mean something more software-based that might need a really big hard disk? Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
