# Screen recording script using FFmpeg and slop for region selection # Records X11 screen to MP4 with x264 encoding # Usage: screen-recording.sh [-s|--select] # -s, --select Launch slop to select recording region OUT_DIR="$HOME/Videos/Recordings" mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR" # Colors GREEN='\033[0;32m' YELLOW='\033[1;33m' RED='\033[0;31m' NC='\033[0m' # --- 1. ARGUMENT PARSING --- SELECT_MODE=false while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do case $1 in -s|--select) SELECT_MODE=true ;; esac shift done # --- 2. GEOMETRY SELECTION --- # Default to a standard 1080p fallback if detection fails WIDTH=1920 HEIGHT=1080 X_OFF=0 Y_OFF=0 # Try to get actual root window size if xwininfo exists if command -v xwininfo >/dev/null 2>&1; then WIDTH=$(xwininfo -root | grep 'Width:' | awk '{print $2}') HEIGHT=$(xwininfo -root | grep 'Height:' | awk '{print $2}') fi if [ "$SELECT_MODE" = true ]; then if command -v slop >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo -e "${YELLOW}Select a window or draw a box...${NC}" # slop output: 123 456 10 20 read -r W H X Y < <(slop -f "%w %h %x %y" --nokeyboard) if [ -n "$W" ]; then WIDTH=$W HEIGHT=$H X_OFF=$X Y_OFF=$Y else echo "Selection cancelled. Exiting." exit 1 fi else echo -e "${RED}Error: 'slop' not found.${NC} Recording full screen..." sleep 1 fi fi # Ensure even dimensions (FFmpeg/x264 requirement) WIDTH=$(( WIDTH + WIDTH % 2 )) HEIGHT=$(( HEIGHT + HEIGHT % 2 )) # --- 3. START RECORDING --- FILENAME="$OUT_DIR/recording-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).mp4" echo -e "${GREEN}Recording started!${NC}" echo -e "Press ${YELLOW}'q'${NC} in this terminal to stop." echo "File: $FILENAME" echo "------------------------------------------------" # We pass arguments explicitly here to avoid "Unrecognized option" shell errors ffmpeg -hide_banner \ -f x11grab \ -video_size "${WIDTH}x${HEIGHT}" \ -framerate 30 \ -i "${DISPLAY:-:0.0}+${X_OFF},${Y_OFF}" \ -c:v libx264 \ -preset ultrafast \ -crf 23 \ -pix_fmt yuv420p \ "$FILENAME" echo -e "\n${GREEN}Done!${NC} Video saved to $FILENAME"