snip - screenshot/screencast utility

I had been using peek for a while. Since it stopped working I couldn't find any screencast utility that worked for me in all scenarios (switching desktops, windows, window managers, ...).

Eventually I was wasting so much time looking through the list of screencast utilies on the Arch wiki that I just figured I'd write my own.

I wouldn't say that it's perfect but it does everything I need and some.

Dependencies

bash scrot ffcast ffmpeg
dunstify oxipng # (optional)

Install

git clone https://github.com/cherrynoize/snip
cd snip
chmod +x snip
cp snip /usr/local/bin/snip
# if one doesn't exist copy example configuration
cp -n sniprc.example "${SNIPRC:-"${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config/snip"}"}/sniprc"

Or use any other location that you like.

Uninstall

rm /usr/local/bin/snip

Usage

snip help

TODO

• 'convert' command, to convert between different file formats

• Support for other notification utilies than dunstify