reSnap

reMarkable screenshots over ssh.

Prequisites

• SSH-access to your reMarkable tablet. Tutorial
  (recommended: SSH-key so you don't have to type in your root password every time)

• The following programs are required on your computer:

  • ffmpeg
  • feh

Recommended

It is recommended to install lz4 on both your computer and the reMarkable tablet. But only for versions up to 2.15.1.1189 at the time of writing! Check for the warning here.

Installing Programs on your reMarkable

Please use toltec to install lz4 on your reMarkable.

Packages:

• lz4

Note: before installing the packages, run

opkg update
opkg upgrade

once and then install the packages via

opkg install <pkg>

Remember to run toltecctl reenable on your reMarkable tablet after each software update.

Usage

1. Connect your reMarkable via USB
2. Run

./reSnap.sh

Options

• -s --source You can specify a custom IP. If you want to use reSnap over the Wifi, specify the IP of your reMarkable here.
• -o --output You can specify a custom output file for reSnap.
• -l --landscape Snapshot has now the landscape orientation.
• -d --display Force program to display the snapshot. (overwrites environment variable)
• -n --no-display Force program to not display the snapshot.
• -c --og-color Turn off color correction (color correction is only active for the reMarkable2)
• -v --version Displays version.
• -h --help Displays help information.

Environment Variables

• REMARKABLE_IP Default IP of your reMarkable.
• RESNAP_DISPLAY Default behavior of displaying the snapshot. See options -d and -n.
• RESNAP_COLOR_CORRECTION Default behavior of color correction on the reMarkable2. See option -c.

RESNAP_DISPLAY and RESNAP_COLOR_CORRECTION are boolean parameters. Everything other than true is interpreted as false!

Disclaimer

The majority of the code is copied from reStream. Be sure to check them out!