Mplayer in no-frame-window

It's a simple scrypt that start mplayer showing your webcam in no-frame window positioned in the bottom-right-corner. You webcam must support v4l2.

by vkolev 2 years, 1 month ago and tagged with: bash mplayer webcam
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#!/bin/bash
# webcamstart.sh
# 
# Author: Vladimir Kolev <vladi@vladimirkolev.com>
#
# Simple mplayer start for webcam using the v4l2 codec
# For showing yourself on the screen wen recording a screencast
# 
# To optimize the whole thing you could add a global hotkey-combination
# in gnome is like follows: 
#
# 1. Open gconf-editor and navigate to apps->metacity->global_keybinding
# and create the desired key-combination for launching the script in 
# run_command_2 (let's say <Control><Alt>w )
# 2. Now navigate to apps->metacity->keybinding_commands and for the key
# command_2 enter the text webcamstarter
# 3. Copy the script to /usr/bin and ensure that webcamstart.sh is executable
# 	cp webcampstart.sh /usr/bin/webcamstarter
#	sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/webcamstarter
#
# Everytime you type Ctrl+Alt+w mplayer will launch in the bottom right corner of
# your desktop showing your webcam.

# Specify the width of the webcam window
WDTH=176
# Specify the height of the webcam window
HGHT=144
# Specigy the geometry - where to show the webcam window
# for more information about the geometry check "man mplayer"
# don't forget the format X:Y
GMTR="95%:93%"

mplayer -cache 128 -tv driver=v4l2:width=$WDTH:height=$HGHT -vo xv tv:// -noborder -geometry $GMTR -ontop

# To quit mplayer select the window frame and type "q"

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