#!/bin/sh # Usage: # `$0`: Ask for recording type via dmenu # `$0 screencast`: Record both audio and screen # `$0 video`: Record only screen # `$0 audio`: Record only audio # `$0 kill`: Kill existing recording # # If there is already a running instance, user will be prompted to end it. updateicon() { \ echo "$1" > /tmp/recordingicon pkill -RTMIN+9 "${STATUSBAR:?}" } killrecording() { recpid="$(cat /tmp/recordingpid)" # kill with SIGTERM, allowing finishing touches. kill -15 "$recpid" rm -f /tmp/recordingpid updateicon "" pkill -RTMIN+9 "${STATUSBAR:?}" # even after SIGTERM, ffmpeg may still run, so SIGKILL it. sleep 3 kill -9 "$recpid" exit } screencast() { \ ffmpeg -y \ -f x11grab \ -framerate 60 \ -s $(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}') \ -i $DISPLAY \ -f alsa -i default \ -r 30 \ -c:v libx264rgb -crf 0 -preset ultrafast -c:a flac \ "$HOME/screencast-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid updateicon "⏺️🎙️" } video() { ffmpeg \ -f x11grab \ -s $(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}') \ -i $DISPLAY \ -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -r 30 \ "$HOME/video-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid updateicon "⏺️" } webcamhidef() { ffmpeg \ -f v4l2 \ -i /dev/video0 \ -video_size 1920x1080 \ "$HOME/webcam-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid updateicon "🎥" } webcam() { ffmpeg \ -f v4l2 \ -i /dev/video0 \ -video_size 640x480 \ "$HOME/webcam-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid updateicon "🎥" } audio() { \ ffmpeg \ -f alsa -i default \ -c:a flac \ "$HOME/audio-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').flac" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid updateicon "🎙️" } askrecording() { \ choice=$(printf "screencast\\nvideo\\naudio\\nwebcam\\nwebcam (hi-def)" | dmenu -i -p "Select recording style:") case "$choice" in screencast) screencast;; audio) audio;; video) video;; webcam) webcam;; "webcam (hi-def)") webcamhidef;; esac } asktoend() { \ response=$(printf "No\\nYes" | dmenu -i -p "Recording still active. End recording?") && [ "$response" = "Yes" ] && killrecording } case "$1" in screencast) screencast;; audio) audio;; video) video;; kill) killrecording;; *) ([ -f /tmp/recordingpid ] && asktoend && exit) || askrecording;; esac