Phoar.com » vidwhacker http://phoar.com/wordpress This is not a blog, Don. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:02:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Generate random JPG’s from vidwhacker (xscreensaver module) http://phoar.com/wordpress/2009/08/generate-random-jpgs-from-vidwhacker-xscreensaver-module/ http://phoar.com/wordpress/2009/08/generate-random-jpgs-from-vidwhacker-xscreensaver-module/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:27:03 +0000 shs http://phoar.com/wordpress/?p=14 I’ve replaced the Ubunutu/Gnome screensaver with the superior (IMHO) Xscreensaver, using this guide.

I like the VidWhacker module, and have it set to choose a random image from my ~/Pictures/ dir. I wanted to save some of the funky random images it produces, so I did this:

while true; do /usr/lib/xscreensaver/vidwhacker -stdout | convert - `date +%s`.jpg ; echo "Generated jpg"; done

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