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Is there some software (macos) to regularly create screenshots throughout the day? Preferably if it merges it into a time-lapse. I could probably create someth

• wanderingstan 4y ago
  Yes, I have ten years of screenshots (and webcam shots) at half hour intervals from having LifeSlice: Source:https://github.com/wanderingstan/Lifeslice https://github.com/wanderingstan/Lifeslice Download page: http://wanderingstan.github.io/Lifeslice/ http://wanderingstan.github.io/Lifeslice/ I developed it as an early Quantified Self tool primarily for the Webcam shots, but also have been saved on more than one occasion by having screenshots of work that would otherwise be lost. Edit: the first version was just a shell script, which if you want a starting point to modify: https://github.com/wanderingstan/Lifeslice/blob/master/1.0-Shell-Script/INSTALL.command https://github.com/wanderingstan/Lifeslice/blob/master/1.0-S...
• yonrg 4y ago
  Something bash'ish while sleep 5 do import -id root `date -Is`.png done Then make a time lapse with mplayer et.al.
  • scubbo 4y ago
    $ which import import not found How should I install that tool?
    • foodstances 4y ago
      It's part of ImageMagick.
      • scubbo 4y ago
        Got it, thanks!
  • hikarudo 4y ago
    import -window root `date -Is`.png
• Nzen 4y ago
  I used to use chronolapse, a python program to take screenshots, including picture in picture with a webcam. It can use mencoder to create a video. I found I preferred using ffmpeg for my use case.
• quartzic 4y ago
  I've been happily using Time Sink (https://manytricks.com/timesink/ https://manytricks.com/timesink/) to do this for about a year now. It does not automatically merge into a timelapse, but this is accomplished easily with ffmpeg.
• dbtc 4y ago
  I use cron; I think it's pretty neat: /$INTERVAL * * * /usr/sbin/screencapture $CRONSHOTSDIR/`date +\%s`.png and then to make the timelapse: ffmpeg -r $FPS -pattern_type glob -i "*.png" -vcodec libx264 lapse-`date +%s`.mp4 You have to give screen capture permissions to cron.
• varenc 4y ago
  > Is there some software (macos) to regularly create screenshots throughout the day? On macOS here's a little shell command to take a screenshot every 60 seconds and place it in the /tmp folder: while true; do screencapture /tmp/screen_capture_$(date +\%s).jpg ; echo "wrote screenshot"; sleep 60; done You can also include the name of the front most application by fetching it with AppleScript and then putting that in the filename. (Or you could put different app screenshots in different folders) while true; do FRONT_APP=$(osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to name of first application process whose frontmost is true'); screencapture /tmp/screen_capture_${FRONT_APP}_$(date +\%s).jpg ; echo "wrote screenshot"; sleep 60; done Of course if you want this to run long term, use a cron job or even better, a launchd job. With launchd you get better coalescing and sleep recovery behavior. You can also add other fun trigger events. Like take a screenshot every time your `.zshrc` is modified [0]. Or a screenshot every time your internet access changes (by triggering on /etc/resolv.conf) [0] Look up `WatchPaths` on my favorite launchd guide here: https://launchd.info/ https://launchd.info/
• dankwizard 4y ago
  Just remember to disable it before attempting extra curricular activities