#Callnote skype video choppy install
#Callnote skype video choppy code

Record only lossless audio - myrec-novideo Recording audio only is handled by a separate script in the following section. $record_command $target_directory$temporary_file_prefix`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`_$description.mkv $record_command $target_directory$temporary_file_prefix`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.mkv # We can use it to replace spaces with underscores. # The IFS (Internal Field Separator) system variable stores the character that separates command line arguments. Record_command='ffmpeg -f pulse -thread_queue_size 512k -i $speakers_audio_device -f pulse -thread_queue_size 512k -i $microphone_audio_device -f x11grab -s $frame_size -r $framerate -thread_queue_size 512k -i $frame_position -map 0 -map 1 -map 2 -codec:a copy -codec:v libx264 -qp 0 -preset ultrafast' Target_directory='/target/directory/name/' # Include the trailing slash after target directory name. 10 is the x-offset and 20 the y-offset of the frame, measured from the top left corner of the screen to the top left corner of the frame. # where 0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY environment variable. # Indicate which screen the video should be recorded from and an optional offset. # Some standard frame sizes for reference: Speakers_audio_device='alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor' Use the name field value without angle brackets. # Run pacmd, within it the command list-sinks will give you a list of devices to choose from. # If you want to try supplying a name here, run pacmd, then within it the command list-sources will give you a list of possible microphones. If you have more than one microphone connected, you may need to tell Pulseaudio which mic you want to be the default, I think pavucontrol is the utility for it. # I used to have the name of my webcam mic here, but that stopped working after a system update. # User settings - adjust values to suit your system and needs

#Callnote skype video choppy code

Paste the following code into it and modify User settings section to suit your setup:Д®cho 'Record lossless audio and lossless video for further processing.'Д®cho 'Created file name always starts with temp_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.'Д®cho 'Optional file description is appended to the file name, with spaces replaced by underscores.'.Make myrec executable by issuing the command: chmod +x myrec.Save it as myrec (or whatever name works for you).For skype visit Record lossless video and lossless audio - myrec

#Callnote skype video choppy install

If 1 or 2 are not present in your system, install them with your preferred package manager (I use synaptic).

I am sure there are neater ways of writing these scripts, but I was learning Bash scripting on the go (with tremendous satisfaction once I got it to work, I might add). The following Bash scripts ( myrec, myrec-novideo and myproc) are my attempt at this task.

Compress the recorded calls in high quality at a later time.

Record calls without compression into a file for further processing, recognizing that when calling a phone we are interested only in audio.Hence the need for a tool (or a set of tools) that would enable to: However, if you aim at higher quality, you will quickly reach the limits of the simple approach of simultaneous media grabbing and compressing. Recording live video and audio during a call (or during any X11 desktop activity) is not very difficult thanks to ffmpeg and the amount of help articles available (including this site).