CLI

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

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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 (through Microsoft Store) of Screenbits in the following form:

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

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

start screenbits://start/?background

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

explorer screenbits://start/?background

Usage (Non-Packaged)

To run a command for a non-packaged installation (through Steam) 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" start -background