#!/bin/sh # This script is Public Domain. # # A basic screen recording script based on wf-recorder for sway, # required executables: # xdg-user-dir - to find out the user VIDEOS directory # wf-recorder - for the actual screen recording # jq - to parse JSON # slurp - to select a screen area # notify-send - for notification functionality # # Loosely based on: # https://gist.github.com/ugursogukpinar/f390d9f4c829fb1b05fc74a12dd482bb # # Usage: # screenrecord.sh - record whole screen # screenrecord.sh -s - record screen area # screenrecord.sh -w - record window # screenrecord.sh -t - (may be used with any other option) if screenrecording # is currently active, toggle it off and no recording takes # place # # Author Lorenzo Cogotti, The DoubleFourteen Code Forge pidfile="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/screenrecord.pid" filename="$(xdg-user-dir VIDEOS)/ScreenCast_$(date +%F_%T).mp4" isrunning() { pid=$(cat -- "$pidfile" 2>/dev/null) test $? && kill -s 0 -- "$pid" 2>/dev/null } usage() { printf -- "Usage: %s: [-s|-w] [-t]\n" "$(basename -- "$0" .sh)" >&2 exit 1 } # Parse arguments while getopts swt opt; do case $opt in s) sflag=1 ;; w) wflag=1 ;; t) tflag=1 ;; ?) usage ;; esac done shift $(($OPTIND - 1)) [ $# -ne 0 ] && usage [ ! -z "$sflag" ] && [ ! -z "$wflag" ] && usage if ! isrunning; then # Start recording if [ ! -z "$sflag" ]; then wf-recorder -f "$filename" -g "$(slurp -c "#FFFFFF")" >/dev/null 2>&1 & elif [ ! -z "$wflag" ]; then wf-recorder -f "$filename" -g "$(swaymsg -t get_tree | \ jq -r '.. | select(.pid? and .visible?) | .rect | "\(.x),\(.y) \(.width)x\(.height)"' | \ slurp -c "#FFFFFF" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 & else wf-recorder -f "$filename" >/dev/null 2>&1 & fi pid=$! printf -- "%d" "$pid" >"$pidfile" || exit 1 trap 'rm -f "$pidfile"; trap - EXIT exit' EXIT INT HUP TERM wait -- "$pid" notify-send -e \ "Screen recording complete" \ "Video saved to: $(basename -- "$filename" .mp4)" elif [ ! -z "$tflag" ]; then # Toggle recording off kill -s INT -- "$pid" else printf -- "%s: operation refused, recording already in progress.\n" "$(basename -- "$0" .sh)" >&2 exit 1 fi