Castro - screen/cast ro/bot

A tiny fork of pyvnc2swf, with a smidge of awesome on the side

Install: 1) Install and launch a vncserver. (Hint: Google it.) 2) $ [sudo] easy_install castro 3) There's no step 3!

Test: $ python -c "import castro; castro.test()"

Watch: Video stored in: <default_temp_dir>/castro-video.swf Video player stored in: <default_temp_dir>/castro-video.html

Linux/OSX:
    $ firefox /tmp/castro-video.html

Windows:
    C:/> firefox.exe ???/castro-video.html     

Use: The Happy Path: >>> from castro import Castro >>> c = Castro() >>> c.start() >>> # Do something awesome! >>> c.stop()

Host and display:
    (default is localhost:0)
    >>> c = Castro(host='example.com', display=1)

Storage directory:
    $ export CASTRO_DATA_DIR=/home/me/screencasts 
    $ python
    >>> from castro import Castro
    >>> c = Castro()

Filename:
    (default is "castro-video.swf")
    >>> c = Castro(filename = "my-cool-screencast.swf")

VNC password file:
    (default is "~/.vnc/passwd")
    >>> c = Castro(passwd = "/home/me/.vnc/passwd")

Specify everything:
    $ export CASTRO_DATA_DIR=/home/me/screencasts 
    $ python
    >>> from castro import Castro
    >>> c = Castro(host     = 'example.com',
                   display  = 1,
                   filename = "my-cool-screencast.swf",
                   passwd   = "/home/me/.vnc/passwd")