#!/bin/python

## Run the script, select the area you want to screencast, then stop the script by closing the window.
## The video should output into ~/Videos/pants.webm
import gi
gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
import dbus
import signal
from subprocess import call
import os
 
class MyWindow(Gtk.Window):
 
    def __init__(self):
        Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title="Screencaster")
 
        self.button = Gtk.Button(label="Finish Screencast")
        self.button.connect("clicked", Gtk.main_quit)
        self.add(self.button)
 
 
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
screenshot_object = bus.get_object('org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot', '/org/gnome/Shell/Screenshot')
screenshot_interface = dbus.Interface(screenshot_object, 'org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot')
 
screencast_object = bus.get_object('org.gnome.Shell.Screencast', '/org/gnome/Shell/Screencast')
screencast_interface = dbus.Interface(screencast_object, 'org.gnome.Shell.Screencast')

selectedarea = screenshot_interface.SelectArea()
 
print "byzanz-record -x "+str(selectedarea[0])+" -y "+str(selectedarea[1])+" -w  "+str(selectedarea[2])+" -h "+str(selectedarea[3])+" -d 300 pants.gif"
os.system("byzanz-record -x "+str(selectedarea[0])+" -y "+str(selectedarea[1])+" -w  "+str(selectedarea[2])+" -h "+str(selectedarea[3])+" -d 300 pants.gif")
print selectedarea
#subprocess.call(["xdg-open", filename[1]])