CLI

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Revision as of 13:54, 24 May 2024 by Mchehraz (talk | contribs) (Usage (Non-Packaged))

Use command line arguments interact with Screenbits through command line interface (CLI).

Contents

Commands

Screenbits supports the following commands:

Command Description
start Starts recording
stop Stops recording
pause Pauses recording
resume Resumes recording

Arguments

The following arguments can be used along with commands:

Argument Description
background Command is executed without bringing the app to foreground.

Usage (Packaged)

Use protocol activation to activate screenbits protocol to run a command for a packaged installation of Screenbits in the following form:

start screenbits://[command]/?arg[=value]

The following example starts recording without bringing the app to foreground:

start screenbits://record/?background

You can also use explorer program instead of start command to activate a protocol if you need to specify an executable file to launch the command. This is useful for creating tasks in scheduler programs such as Windows Task Scheduler:

explorer screenbits://record/?background

Usage (Non-Packaged)

To run a command for a non-packaged installation of Screenbits, simply pass the command and arguments to the application executable:

[path-to-executable]screenbits.exe command [-arg[=value]]

The following example starts recording without bringing the app to foreground:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Screenbits\screenbits.exe" record -background