gifclip

#!/bin/bash
#Dependencies: sudo apt-get install byzanz xclip osd-notify

# Delay before starting
DELAY=3
OUTPUTPATH="$HOME/public_html/gifclips"
WEBPATH="http://wingardium-leviosa/~liz/gifclips"
TIME=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S")
#Default duration
DEFDUR=10

# Sound notification to let one know when recording is about to start (and ends)
beep() {
    paplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Im-Irc-Event.ogg &
}

USERDUR=$(gdialog --title "Duration?" --inputbox "Please enter the screencast duration in seconds" 200 100 2>&1)

# Duration and output file
if [ $USERDUR -gt 0 ]; then
    D=$USERDUR
else
    D=$DEFDUR
fi

# xrectsel from https://github.com/lolilolicon/xrectsel
# notify-send "GIFRecorder" "Select the area you'd like to capture" -t 2000
ARGUMENTS=$(xrectsel "--x=%x --y=%y --width=%w --height=%h") || exit -1

notify-send "GIFRecorder" "Recording duration set to $D seconds. Recording will start in $DELAY seconds."
sleep $DELAY
beep
byzanz-record -c --delay=0 ${ARGUMENTS} --duration=$D "$OUTPUTPATH/$TIME.gif"
beep
notify-send "GIFRecorder" "Screencast saved to $OUTPUTPATH/$TIME.gif"
#Send a pastable link to your paste buffer
echo "$WEBPATH/$TIME.gif" | xclip -selection c