#!/bin/sh # useful urls: # https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice/blob/master/.local/bin/dmenurecord # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/FFmpeg#Screen_capture # https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop infofile="/tmp/recoinfo" recodir="$XDG_VIDEOS_DIR/recordings/" mkdir -p "$recodir" if [ -e "$infofile" ]; then read -r pid tmpfile < "$infofile" kill "$pid" notify-send 'finish recording, start converting' ffmpeg -i "$tmpfile" "$recodir/$(time.uuid).mkv" notify-send 'finish converting' rm "$tmpfile" "$infofile" else tmpfile="$(mktemp --suffix '.mkv')" notify-send 'start recording' # arch wiki way, no audio, less cpu use during capturing (fast?), large file size, need convert afterward xrectsel '%w %h %x %y' | xargs sh -c 'ffmpeg -y -loglevel quiet -f x11grab -framerate 25 -s "$2"x"$3" -i "$DISPLAY+$4,$5" -c:v ffvhuff "$1" & echo $!' shell "$tmpfile" | xargs -I {} printf '%s\t%s' '{}' "$tmpfile" > "$infofile" # another way to get subshell ffmpeg child pid #xrectsel '%w %h %x %y' | xargs sh -c 'ffmpeg -y -f x11grab -framerate 25 -s "$2"x"$3" -i "$DISPLAY+$4,$5" -c:v ffvhuff "$1"' shell "$tmpfile" & #printf '%s\t%s' "$(ps -o pid= --ppid $!)" "$tmpfile" > "$infofile" fi