How to take screenshots faster on macOS?

Question

import pyautogui
import time

def test_time():
    t1 = time.time()
    for i in range(100):
        img = pyautogui.screenshot()
    t2 = time.time()
    print(t2-t1)
test_time()

I am trying to make bot, which checks pixels and then clicks at them, but screenshots taking too much time (14.93 sec for 100 screenshots) is there any faster ways to do it?

You can go much faster with `ffmpeg`, see here... https://stackoverflow.com/a/60266466/2836621 — Mark Setchell, Jul 12 '20 at 13:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '20 at 12:51

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Depending on the platform, you might be able to speed the call up by supplying a region keyword argument, such a the following:

im = pyautogui.screenshot(region=(20, 20, 80, 80))

On Linux, this region will be used in the underlying screenshot process (which could significantly speed up the process when only a smaller region is required), but on Windows and macOS this will not help.

You could look into more specific solutions with other libraries, including MSS, which you can read the documentation here. It has a simple API and is pretty fast.

answered Jul 12 '20 at 12:51

xavc

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Same problem, it even takes more time than first time (17.7sec) – Jul 12 '20 at 15:03
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Did you try specifying a region with MSS? – xavc Jul 12 '20 at 23:02

score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '20 at 17:58

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To take a screenshot on macOS press cmd+shift+4

answered Aug 04 '20 at 17:58

kailashT

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How to take screenshots faster on macOS?

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