#!/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 # `$0 kill`: Kill existing recording # # If there is already a running instance, user will be prompted to end it. killrecording() { recpid="$(cat /tmp/recordingpid)" # kill with SIGTERM, allowing finishing touches. kill -15 "$recpid" rm -f /tmp/recordingpid pkill -RTMIN+9 "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}" # even after SIGTERM, ffmpeg may still run, so SIGKILL it. sleep 3 kill -9 "$recpid" exit } screencast() { \ ffmpeg -y \ -f x11grab -probesize 32M -thread_queue_size 32 -i :0 \ -f sndio -thread_queue_size 128 -i snd/1 \ -codec:v libx264rgb -crf 0 -preset ultrafast \ -codec:a pcm_s16le \ "$HOME/screencast-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & # ffmpeg -y \ # -f x11grab \ # -framerate 60 \ # -s "$(xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions/ {print $2;}')" \ # -i "$DISPLAY" \ # -f sndio -i snd/1 \ # -r 30 \ # -c:v h264 -crf 0 -preset ultrafast -c:a aac \ # "$HOME/screencast-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mp4" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid } audio() { \ ffmpeg \ -f sndio -i snd/1 \ -c:a flac \ "$HOME/audio-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').flac" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid } askrecording() { \ #choice=$(printf "screencast\\nvideo\\nvideo selected\\naudio\\nwebcam\\nwebcam (hi-def)" | dmenu -i -p "Select recording style:") choice=$(printf "screencast\\naudio" | dmenu -i -p "Select recording style:") case "$choice" in screencast) screencast;; audio) audio;; video) video;; # *selected) videoselected;; # 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