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 $1 in -s|--select) SELECT_MODE=true ;; esac shift done # --- 2. GEOMETRY SELECTION --- # Attempt to get screen resolution using xwininfo, fallback to a safe default if it fails if command -v xwininfo >/dev/null 2>&1; then WIDTH=$(xwininfo -root | grep 'Width:' | awk '{print $2}') HEIGHT=$(xwininfo -root | grep 'Height:' | awk '{print $2}') else # Fallback: Try to use a common default or let ffmpeg handle it # If xwininfo is missing, we'll just omit -video_size for full screen WIDTH="" HEIGHT="" fi X_OFF=0 Y_OFF=0 if [ "$SELECT_MODE" = true ]; then if command -v slop >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo -e "${YELLOW}Select a window or draw a box...${NC}" read -r WIDTH HEIGHT X_OFF Y_OFF < <(slop -f "%w %h %x %y" --nokeyboard) [ -z "$WIDTH" ] && exit 1 else echo -e "${RED}Error: 'slop' is not installed. Cannot select area.${NC}" echo "Defaulting to full screen..." sleep 1 fi fi # Construct the video size argument only if we have values SIZE_ARG="" if [ -n "$WIDTH" ] && [ -n "$HEIGHT" ]; then # Ensure even dimensions WIDTH=$(( WIDTH + WIDTH % 2 )) HEIGHT=$(( HEIGHT + HEIGHT % 2 )) SIZE_ARG="-video_size ${WIDTH}x${HEIGHT}" fi # --- 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 "------------------------------------------------" # Using ${DISPLAY:-:0} to ensure we have a display target ffmpeg -hide_banner \ -f x11grab \ $SIZE_ARG \ -framerate 30 \ -i "${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"