#!/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 # `$0 kill`: Kill existing recording # # If there is already a running instance, user will be prompted to end it. screencast() { ffmpeg -y \ -f x11grab \ -framerate 60 \ -s "$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2;}')" \ -i "$DISPLAY" \ -f alsa -i default \ -r 30 \ -c:v h264 -crf 0 -preset ultrafast -c:a aac \ "$HOME/screencast-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mp4" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid } video() { ffmpeg \ -f x11grab \ -s "$(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 $! > /tmp/recordingpid } webcamhidef() { ffmpeg \ -f v4l2 \ -i /dev/video0 \ -video_size 1920x1080 \ "$HOME/webcam-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid } webcam() { ffmpeg \ -f v4l2 \ -i /dev/video0 \ -video_size 640x480 \ "$HOME/webcam-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid } audio() { ffmpeg \ -f alsa -i default \ "$HOME/audio-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mp3" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid } asktoend() { response=$(printf "No\\nYes" | dmenu -i -p "Recording still active. End recording?") && [ "$response" = "Yes" ] && killrecording } videoselected() { slop -f "%x %y %w %h" > /tmp/slop read -r X Y W H < /tmp/slop rm /tmp/slop ffmpeg \ -f x11grab \ -framerate 60 \ -video_size "$W"x"$H" \ -i :0.0+"$X,$Y" \ -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -r 30 \ "$HOME/box-$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').mkv" & echo $! > /tmp/recordingpid } killrecording() { recpid="$(cat /tmp/recordingpid)" # kill with SIGTERM, allowing finishing touches. kill -15 "$recpid" 2>/dev/null rm -f /tmp/recordingpid # even after SIGTERM, ffmpeg may still run, so SIGKILL it. sleep 3 kill -9 "$recpid" 2>/dev/null exit } askrecording() { \ choice=$(printf "screencast\\nvideo\\nvideo selected\\naudio\\nwebcam\\nwebcam (hi-def)" | dmenu -i -p "Select recording style:") case "$choice" in screencast) screencast;; audio) audio;; video) video;; *selected) videoselected;; webcam) webcam;; "webcam (hi-def)") webcamhidef;; esac } case "$1" in screencast) screencast;; audio) audio;; video) video;; *selected) videoselected;; kill) killrecording;; *) if [ -f /tmp/recordingpid ]; then recpid="$(cat /tmp/recordingpid)" if ps -p $recpid > /dev/null; then asktoend exit fi fi askrecording;; esac