recording notification added, script fixes

.config/i3/config

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ gaps outer 15
 font pango:mono 12
 set $mod Mod4
 set $term --no-startup-id st
-set $stoprec --no-startup-id killall ffmpeg
+set $stoprec --no-startup-id killrecording
+exec --no-startup-id rm -f ~/.larbs/.recording
 
 # #---Starting External Scripts---# #
 #Setting the background:

.scripts/audio

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 # It also names files smartly to prevent overwrites.
 
 # Picks a file name for the output file based on availability:
-while [[ -f $HOME/screencast$n.mkv ]]
+while [[ -f $HOME/audio$n.flac ]]
 do
 	n=$((n+1))
 done
-filename="$HOME/screencast$n.mkv"
+filename="$HOME/audio$n.flac"
 
 # For Pulseaudio with ALSA:
 record_pulse() { \
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ ffmpeg -y \
 -f alsa -ar 44100 -i hw:1 \
 $filename ;}
 
-if [[ $(pgrep -x pulseaudio) ]]; then record_pulse; else record_alsa; fi
+if [[ $(pgrep -x pulseaudio) ]]; then record_pulse; else record_alsa; fi &
+# Updating i3blocks recording icon:
+echo 🎙️ > ~/.scripts/.recording && pkill -RTMIN+9 i3blocks

.scripts/killrecording

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# I'm not quite sure why, but a new non-recording instance of ffmpeg will start after
+# being killed the first time, so the core command here runs twice after a break.
+pkill -P $(pgrep -x screencast\|audio\|video) 2>/dev/null && sleep .5 &&
+pkill -P $(pgrep -x screencast\|audio\|video) 2>/dev/null
+
+# Update i3bar.
+echo "" > ~/.scripts/.recording
+pkill -RTMIN+9 i3blocks

.scripts/screencast

@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ ffmpeg -y \
  -c:v libx264 -r 30 -c:a flac $filename ;}
 
 
-if [[ $(pgrep -x pulseaudio) ]]; then record_pulse; else record_alsa; fi
+if [[ $(pgrep -x pulseaudio) ]]; then record_pulse; else record_alsa; fi &
+# Updating i3blocks recording icon:
+echo ⏺️ > ~/.scripts/.recording && pkill -RTMIN+9 i3blocks

.scripts/video

@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ ffmpeg \
 -f x11grab \
 -s $(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}') \
 -i :0.0 \
- -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -r 30 $filename
+ -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -r 30 $filename &
+
+# Updating i3blocks recording icon:
+echo ⏺️ > ~/.scripts/.recording && pkill -RTMIN+9 i3blocks