#!/usr/bin/env sh # Craig Jennings # Start a screen recording using ffmpeg to capture the entire # screen along with all audio and the microphone. # Make sure that ffmpeg is in the path and the destination directory # exists. LOCATION="$HOME/videos/recordings" NAME=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S') echo $NAME # create the directory if it doesn't exist if [ ! -d "$LOCATION" ]; then mkdir -p "$LOCATION" fi # error out if ffmpeg isn't installed if ! command -v ffmpeg &> /dev/null then echo "ERROR: ffmpeg couldn't be found. Please ensure it's installed and added to your PATH." exit fi ffmpeg -framerate 30 -f x11grab -i :0.0+ -f pulse -i alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo -ac 1 -f pulse -i alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor -ac 2 "$LOCATION/$NAME".mkv