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I run a piece of software called TimeSnapper on my machine that takes a snapshot every 10 seconds of the entire desktop area. I have recordings going all the wa
by justinlloyd 6y ago
I run a piece of software called TimeSnapper on my machine that takes a snapshot every 10 seconds of the entire desktop area. I have recordings going all the way back to the very beginning of 2006. It is incredibly interesting to watch some of those old recordings to see what I was working on that month.
- freedomben 6y agoThat looks cool. Too bad there's not a Linux version. I suspect you could code a screenshot every 10 seconds in bash pretty easily anyway.
- o-__-o 6y agoDrop this into a crontab with your desired frequency: DISPLAY=:0 import -window root "$HOME/Pictures/screenshot-$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M').png" Requirements ImageMagick installed Improvements You can change the date +FORMAT for a more readable filename. See the date(1) manpage. Caveats You may need to change your DISPLAY to match your actual X11 server. You may need to add XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority depending on your X11 ACLs. Probably doesn't work with Wayland, but nothing works with Wayland so YMMV.
- ShorsHammer 6y agoThis sounds amazing, essentially a video diary without the omissions of a real diary. I'd love to see watch my work sped up like this. At 30fps you could see your entire day in 90 seconds.
- justinlloyd 6y agohttps://otakunozoku.com/video/working.flv https://otakunozoku.com/video/working.flv A month's worth of work in a couple of minutes. Captured way back in early-ish 2013. Sorry about the .flv, that's what web video kinda was back then if you wanted it to work on multiple browsers.