[ClientMod] Automatically take screenshots [record]

[red-001]

This mod automatically takes screenshots for making timelapses
Usage - Chatcommands

• .start <delay> ; command for starting a timelapse, delay is optional if not set it's set to 20 seconds or the last value used.
• .stop ; Stops taking a timelapse

Usage - Creating a timelapse from the images
If you are on linux and have ffmpeg installed you can use this to generate a timelapse with 10 different images being displayed a second

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cat *.png | ffmpeg -r 10 -f image2pipe -i - timelapse.mp4

Example timelapse

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Warning! No matter what you are doing don't set delay to a value lower then 1 and it's not recommended you set it to anything lower then 10

[the_raven_262]

Minetest gifs incoming.
I guess it can't go really wrong.

[TumeniNodes]

WOW! This is really cool red!
a csm with positive features..., who knew? :P

[ExeterDad]

+100
One of the neatest things I've seen yet! Nice work :D

[Nathan.S]

Cool, nice work. I'll probably try this out.

[u19318]

Pretty cool.

[texmex]

That's interesting! Perhaps ffmpeg can be tweaked to output GIFs directly?

[red-001]

probably but I don't know much about ffmpeg.

[BBmine]

Really good news for Youtubers like me!

[BBmine]

Wait, not lower than 1, but not lower than 10 either? #confuzzled.

[red-001]

lower then 10 isn't a great idea but lower then 1 will basically break your client with the amount of lag it will cause.

[the_raven_262]

lower then 10 isn't a great idea but lower then 1 will basically break your client with the amount of lag it will cause.

Tested it myself, no its not a screen recorder nor it was meant to be.

[BBmine]

Too bad. I guess it'd be nice for a timelapse video of the spawn of a server.

[azekill_DIABLO]

this is awesome! but it would need something to export in video.

[the_raven_262]

this is awesome! but it would need something to export in video.

If you are on linux and have ffmpeg installed you can use this to generate a timelapse with 10 different images being displayed a second

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cat *.png | ffmpeg -r 10 -f image2pipe -i - timelapse.mp4

[BBmine]

I have a question, where does it put the screenshots?

[Desour]

I have a question, where does it put the screenshots?

Afaik it puts them to your screenshot path.

[azekill_DIABLO]

this is awesome! but it would need something to export in video.

If you are on linux and have ffmpeg installed you can use this to generate a timelapse with 10 different images being displayed a second

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cat *.png | ffmpeg -r 10 -f image2pipe -i - timelapse.mp4

yes, but .. okay i'm on windows that why i ask...

[BBmine]

this is awesome! but it would need something to export in video.

If you are on linux and have ffmpeg installed you can use this to generate a timelapse with 10 different images being displayed a second

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cat *.png | ffmpeg -r 10 -f image2pipe -i - timelapse.mp4

yes, but .. okay i'm on windows that why i ask...

Just get Linux xP

[azekill_DIABLO]

i have a linux, i'm just too lazy to transfer the files xD

hey, also, i did a simpler version of this which takes 10-11 screenshots per second! works well! (with a small res, 1 hour of video== 1GB)

[BBmine]

i have a linux, i'm just too lazy to transfer the files xD

hey, also, i did a simpler version of this which takes 10-11 screenshots per second! works well! (with a small res, 1 hour of video== 1GB)

How'd you do that?? Did you do .start 0.1?

[azekill_DIABLO]

i have a linux, i'm just too lazy to transfer the files xD

hey, also, i did a simpler version of this which takes 10-11 screenshots per second! works well! (with a small res, 1 hour of video== 1GB)

How'd you do that?? Did you do .start 0.1?

my code is simple...
i started a loop with register_globalstep and then i made it take a screenshot at everystep (every 0.1 approx)

it's not the code from the mod but it's highly inspired from ti!

[mnh48]

this is awesome! but it would need something to export in video.

If you are on linux and have ffmpeg installed you can use this to generate a timelapse with 10 different images being displayed a second

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cat *.png | ffmpeg -r 10 -f image2pipe -i - timelapse.mp4

yes, but .. okay i'm on windows that why i ask...

Get the windows build of ffmpeg from here: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
(That build is linked from ffmpeg official website, so it should be reliable enough)
Choose "Release build", then choose which bit your Windows is using, and choose Static, then click "Download Build"

Extract the downloaded zip file to somewhere and please note the full path to the bin folder
Go to the folder containing all images that you want to use, move any images you don't want out from the folder
Click on that bar that wrote current path, write cmd and enter
Now, command prompt will start with current path set as default, run this command:

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type *.png | "<path to ffmpeg bin folder>\ffmpeg.exe" -r 10 -f image2pipe -i - timelapse.mp4

For example on my end I set to 5 picture per 1 second and output as timelapse2.mp4:

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type *.png | "V:\Programs\ffmpeg-4.0.1-win64-static\bin\ffmpeg.exe" -r 5 -f image2pipe -i - timelapse2.mp4

You ask, what is "type"? Read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TYPE_(DOS_command)

[Linuxdirk]

Why not simply record with OBS and set frame rate for the video to 5 FPS?

[mnh48]

Why not simply record with OBS and set frame rate for the video to 5 FPS?

I'm just telling them how to do it in that way if they want, and the 5FPS is just my testing to ensure the command actually worked...

I personally use my screenshot tool which could also capture GIF and short MP4...


For a long video, I use OBS as usual...
OBS is indeed very useful for recording and especially for streaming, I could put almost anything I want into it, including dynamic text files.