#!/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 $HOME/video$n.mkv ]] do n=$((n+1)) done filename="$HOME/video$n.mkv" #The actual ffmpeg command: ffmpeg \ -f x11grab \ -s $(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}') \ -i :0.0 \ -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -r 30 $filename #-c:v ffvhuff -r 30 -c:a flac $filename