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share screenshots and recrordings from RetroPie to twitter:
https://twitter.com/whatmeplaying

<img src='https://i.imgur.com/38tFHBP.png' />
<img src='./screenshots/mario.png' />

## Requirements
This was setup to run on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B running [RetroPie](https://retropie.org.uk/). I'm sure it would work on other [Retroarch](https://www.retroarch.com/)'s as well. I wouldn't try this on an older Pi 1, or single core system. The screenshot stuff should work (maybe this should be configurable?) but the recording/gif converting would likely be too slow on a single core system (it can already bog down the Pi 3 at times).
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### Screenshot:
Get to a screen in game that you'd like to capture and enter the main menu of RetroArch:
<img src='https://i.imgur.com/a1ZUJ5X.png' />
Go into the "Quick Menu" and select "Take Screenshot":
<img src='https://i.imgur.com/eTQhxAQ.png' />
| <img src='./screenshots/retroarch-main-menu.png' /> |
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| Get to a screen in game that you'd like to capture and enter the main menu of RetroArch: |
| <img src='./screenshots/retroarch-screenshot.png' /> |
| Go into the "Quick Menu" and select "Take Screenshot": |

retrorecord will print something like this to stdout:
```sh
file written: "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/screenshots/Super Mario Bros 3 (U) (PRG 1)-180425-190211.png"
posted tweet!
```

### Recording
Launch a game that has an emulator with an option where you've enabled recording:
(Press a button to configure):
<img src='https://i.imgur.com/HUWeMCN.png' />
Select default emulator, or Select emulator for ROM:
<img src='https://i.imgur.com/XSoi1ay.png' />
Select the emulator where you've enabled recording:
<img src='https://i.imgur.com/SdaEb0D.png' />
Now simply launching the game will start recording:
<img src='https://i.imgur.com/5ktwgIQ.png' />

| <img src='./screenshots/hit-a.png' /> |
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|Launch a game that has an emulator with an option where you've enabled recording: <br />(Press a button to configure):|
| <img src='./screenshots/default-emulator.png' /> |
| Select default emulator, or Select emulator for ROM: |
| <img src='./screenshots/default-emulator-record.png' /> |
| Select the emulator where you've enabled recording: |
| <img src='./screenshots/default-emulator-record-launch.png' /> |
| Now simply launching the game will start recording: |

Once you exit the game the recording will stop and you should seem some ffmpeg output from retrorecord followed by:
```sh
gif complete!
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