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LD48 #13 : pansapiens timelapse

One screenshot every 5 mins, taken with the script (screenshot.sh):

#!/bin/sh
OUTDIR=/home/perry/timelapse
DISPLAY=:0.0
import -window root -display $DISPLAY $OUTDIR/$(date +%F_%R.%S).png >/dev/null 2>/dev/null


using the cronjob:

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/perry/timelapse/screenshot.sh


And converted to a video by running the script (timelapse_convert.sh):

#!/bin/sh
# convert pngs to jpgs and scale down the size
mogrify -format jpg -scale 840x526 *.png
# convert jpgs to video
# will fail if there are any frames of different sizes (geometry)
# also, need to remove "blank" frames if the screensaver went off
mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=4 -o timelapse.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=800


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