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  1. t-io created this gist Nov 17, 2017.
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    from selenium import webdriver
    import sys, getopt, time, subprocess, shlex
    from xvfbwrapper import Xvfb


    def run():
    print('Sreencast website animation')
    xvfb = Xvfb(width=1280, height=720, colordepth=24)
    xvfb.start()
    #browser = webdriver.Chrome()
    browser = webdriver.Firefox()

    url = 'https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/movefast-quickhost/web-animation-test/index.html'
    destination = 'movie.flv'
    browser.get(url)

    # normal quality, lagging in the first part on the video. filesize ~7MB
    # ffmpeg_stream = 'ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 1280x720 -r 24 -i :%d+nomouse -c:v libx264 -preset superfast -pix_fmt yuv420p -s 1280x720 -threads 0 -f flv "%s"' % (xvfb.new_display, destination)

    # high quality, no lagging but huge file size ~50MB
    ffmpeg_stream = 'ffmpeg -y -r 30 -f x11grab -s 1280x720 -i :%d+nomouse -c:v libx264rgb -crf 15 -preset:v ultrafast -c:a pcm_s16le -af aresample=async=1:first_pts=0 out.mkv' % xvfb.new_display
    args = shlex.split(ffmpeg_stream)
    p = subprocess.Popen(args)
    print(p)

    time.sleep(30) # record for 30 secs
    browser.quit()
    xvfb.stop()



    if __name__ == "__main__":
    run()