Record Desktop Automation

Script that helps recording digital painting with recordmydesktop.

Starts recording - filename is time/date.ogv.

Loops and stops recording every hour.

Painting folder is hostname-paint

currently set to Desktop. Not unique enough.



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import os
import arrow
import json
import walkdir
import json
import socket
import getpass



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prinfold = (socket.gethostname() + '-paint')



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getusr = getpass.getuser()



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getusr









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'wcmckee'



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prinfold









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'zincwhite-paint'



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mytim = arrow.now()



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mytim









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<Arrow [2015-04-24T01:08:17.938739+00:00]>



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mytimdat = mytim.datetime



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mytimdat.minute









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8



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timtest  = str(mytimdat.hour) + str(mytimdat.minute) + str(mytimdat.second)



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timtest









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'1817'



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timdatez = str(mytimdat.year) + str(mytimdat.month) + str(mytimdat.day)



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timdatez









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'2015424'



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fulldtiz = str(timtest) + str(timdatez)



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fulldtiz









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'18172015424'



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getusr









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'wcmckee'



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prinfold









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'zincwhite-paint'



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#files = file_paths(filtered_walk('/home/wcmckee/Desktop/', depth=100, included_files=['*.mp4']))



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rcordcmd = ('recordmydesktop -o /home/' + getusr + '/' + prinfold + '/' + (fulldtiz) + '.ogv --no-sound --on-the-fly-encoding')



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rcordcmd









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'recordmydesktop -o /home/wcmckee/zincwhite-paint/18172015424.ogv --no-sound --on-the-fly-encoding'



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#Make a meta file that contains file info. 
#



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desklis = os.listdir('/home/wcmckee/Desktop')



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opmeta = open('/home/wcmckee/Desktop/' + fulldtiz + '.json', 'w')



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recordict = dict()



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recordict.update({'videofile': '/home/wcmckee/Desktop/' + fulldtiz + '.ogv', 'date': timdatez, 'time': timtest })



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for dlis in desklis:
    if '.xcf' in dlis:
        print dlis
        recordict.update({'xcffile' : dlis})
    #print dlis









    



template.xcf



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mpz = json.dumps(recordict)



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mpz









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'{"date": "2015424", "xcffile": "template.xcf", "videofile": "/home/wcmckee/Desktop/18172015424.ogv", "time": "1817"}'



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jsdrop = json.loads(mpz)



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jsdrop









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{u'date': u'2015424',
 u'time': u'1817',
 u'videofile': u'/home/wcmckee/Desktop/18172015424.ogv',
 u'xcffile': u'template.xcf'}



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recordict

#I want to get the data on the image name/layer name currently open in GIMP. Export off GIMP filename/active layer name 
#and open it up in this folder.









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{'date': '2015424',
 'time': '1817',
 'videofile': '/home/wcmckee/Desktop/18172015424.ogv',
 'xcffile': 'template.xcf'}



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rcordcmd









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'recordmydesktop -o /home/wcmckee/Desktop/18172015424.ogv --no-sound --encoding-on-the-fly'



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os.system(rcordcmd)









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256



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