Merge pull request #265 from TaniaMalhotra/screen-record

Added python script to record screen

Author: SANKET7738

Python/screen-recording/README.md

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+# Screen Recording
+- - - - - -
+## Aim
+The aim of the script is to record the screen using openCV python.
+
+## Requirements
+```pip install numpy```</br>
+```pip install pyautogui```</br>
+```pip install opencv-python```</br>
+
+## To run
+- ```python record.py```
+- Press ```'q'``` to stop screen recording

Python/screen-recording/record.py

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+import pyautogui
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+# the resolution of screen recording would be (1920,1080)
+# Stating the codec of the video i.e. the format in which it wil be stored
+codec = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*"XVID")
+# Name of the final recorded file
+
+output_file = "Output.avi"
+
+# This is an object which contains all specifications of our video file
+video_writer_obj = cv2.VideoWriter(output_file, codec, 60.0, (1920, 1080))
+
+# Making a new empty window and resizing it later
+cv2.namedWindow("New_window", cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
+cv2.resizeWindow("New_video", 480, 270)
+
+while True:
+    # Take screenshot using PyAutoGUI
+    img = pyautogui.screenshot()
+
+    # Convert the screenshot to a numpy array
+    frame = np.array(img)
+
+    # BGR to RGB
+    frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+
+    video_writer_obj.write(frame)
+    cv2.imshow('New_window', frame)
+
+    # Stop recording when we press 'q'
+    if cv2.waitKey(1) == ord('q'):
+        break
+
+# Releasing the output object
+video_writer_obj.release()
+
+# Destroy all windows
+cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Python/screen-recording/requirements.txt

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+numpy==1.19.0
+opencv-python==4.3.0.36
+PyAutoGUI==0.9.52