EDScreenshot

Just a quick python Script that I wrote to monitor the Elite Dangerous Journal file for a screenshot. Rename that Screenshot, convert it to a PNG and remove the original BMP

Oh! And because I am super lazy, I added the script to Lutris as a Linux "game"

• Game Options: /usr/bin/ptyxis
• Arguments: -x ~/EDScreenshot/EDScreenshot.sh

Hopefully it goes without saying that you'll need to update the shell script with your paths because you're not using mine :P

For what it's worth my copy of Elite is installed to ~/Games/umu/umu-default/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/Frontier Developments/Elite Dangerous and my screenshots are in ~/Games/umu/umu-default/drive_c/users/steamuser/Pictures/Frontier Developments/Elite Dangerous

Optional Arguments

You can customize the behavior of EDScreenshot using optional command-line arguments:

--name_format <FORMAT>

Customize the filename format for processed screenshots.

Available placeholders:

• {system} - Star system name
• {body} - Body name
• {timestamp} - Combined date+time as YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
• {date} - Date as YYYY-MM-DD
• {time} - Time as HH-MM-SS
• {datetime} - Date and time as YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS

Default: {system}_{body}_{timestamp}

Example:

./EDScreenshot.sh --name_format "{system}_{body}_{timestamp}"
./EDScreenshot.sh --name_format "{datetime}_{body}"

--notification_sound <PATH>

Play a sound file after processing a screenshot.

Supported formats: .ogg, .wav, .mp3

Example:

./EDScreenshot.sh --notification_sound "./resources/Instant_Click.ogg"
./EDScreenshot.sh --notification_sound "/path/to/custom/sound.wav"

If the sound file is not found or an unsupported format is used, the script will run silently with a warning.

Environment Configuration

Edit the following variables in EDScreenshot.sh to customize paths and behavior:

• JOURNAL_FOLDER - Path to Elite Dangerous journal files
• SCREENSHOT_FOLDER - Path to Elite Dangerous screenshots
• EXPORT_FORMAT - Output format: PNG, JPG, or JXL (default: PNG)
• CREATE_SYSTEM_FOLDER - Organize screenshots by system folder: TRUE or FALSE (default: TRUE)
• NOTIFICATION_SOUND - Default notification sound file path

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