#!/bin/sh # Usage: # `record`: Ask for recording type via dmenu # `record screencast`: Record both audio and screen # `record video`: Record only screen # `record audio`: Record only audio # `record kill`: Kill existing recording # # If there is already a running instance, user will be prompted to end it. updateicon() { \ echo "$1" > ~/.recordingicon pkill -RTMIN+9 i3blocks } killrecording() { recpid="$(cat ~/.recordingpid)" # kill with SIGTERM, allowing finishing touches. kill -15 "$recpid" rm -f ~/.recordingpid updateicon "" pkill -RTMIN+9 i3blocks # even after SIGTERM, ffmpeg may still run, so SIGKILL it. sleep 3 kill -9 "$recpid" exit } screencastpulse() { \ ffmpeg -y \ -f x11grab \ -framerate 60 \ -s $(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}') \ -i :0.0 \ -f alsa -i default \ -r 30 \ -c:v libx264rgb -crf 0 -preset ultrafast -c:a flac \ "$HOME/screencast-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > ~/.recordingpid updateicon "⏺️🎙️" } screencastalsa() { \ ffmpeg -y \ -f x11grab \ -s $(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}') \ -i :0.0 \ -thread_queue_size 1024 \ -f alsa -ar 44100 -i hw:1 \ -c:v libx264 -r 30 -c:a flac \ "$HOME/screencast-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > ~/.recordingpid updateicon "⏺️" } video() { ffmpeg \ -f x11grab \ -s $(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}') \ -i :0.0 \ -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -r 30 \ "$HOME/video-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > ~/.recordingpid updateicon "⏺️" } audiopulse() { \ ffmpeg \ -f alsa -i default \ -c:a flac \ "$HOME/audio-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').flac" & echo $! > ~/.recordingpid updateicon "🎙️" } audioalsa() { \ ffmpeg -y \ -f alsa -ar 44100 -i hw:1 \ "$HOME/audio-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').flac" & echo $! > ~/.recordingpid updateicon "🎙️" } askrecording() { \ choice=$(printf "screencast\\nvideo\\naudio" | dmenu -i -p "Select recording style:") case "$choice" in screencast) screencastpulse;; audio) audiopulse;; video) video;; esac } asktoend() { \ response=$(printf "No\\nYes" | dmenu -i -p "Recording still active. End recording?") && [ "$response" = "Yes" ] && killrecording } case "$1" in screencast) screencastpulse;; audio) audiopulse;; video) video;; kill) killrecording;; *) ([ -f ~/.recordingpid ] && asktoend && exit) || askrecording;; esac