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 1#!/usr/bin/env bash
 2#
 3# inspired by bread on penguins
 4#
 5# https://github.com/BreadOnPenguins/scripts/blob/master/record
 6
 7VIDPATH="/home/kat/Videos/Screencasts"
 8
 9record() {
10	ffmpeg -s "$(xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions/{print $2}')" -f x11grab -r 30 -i :0.0 -c:v h264 -qp 0 "$VIDPATH/screencast_ffmpeg_$(date '+%a__%b%d__%H_%M_%S').mp4" &
11	echo $! > /tmp/recpid
12
13	notify-send "screen recording started"
14}
15
16end() {
17	if [ ! -z $(cat /tmp/recpid) > /dev/null ]; then
18		kill -15 "$(cat /tmp/recpid)" && rm -f /tmp/recpid
19		notify-send "screen recording ended"
20	fi
21}
22
23cmd=$(printf "start\nend\n" | dmenu -i -c -l 2 -p "screen rec")
24
25if [[ -z "$cmd" ]]; then
26	exit 0
27fi
28
29case "$cmd" in
30	start) record;;
31	end) end;;
32esac