#!/bin/bash #This is the ffmpeg command that the screencast shortcut in i3 will run. #Picks a file name for the output file based on availability: while [[ -f $HOME/screencast$n.mkv ]] do n=$((n+1)) done filename="$HOME/screencast$n.mkv" #The actual ffmpeg command: 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 $filename #-c:v ffvhuff -r 30 -c:a flac $filename