#!/bin/bash
-# A simple script to grab a screencast of a window using ffmpeg
-# Once started, select the window you want to record, and start
-# talking/using the indicated program
+# Fugly script to use ffmpeg to capture a given window
-# Select window to grab info from
INFO=$(xwininfo -frame)
-# Get the window size
-WIN_SIZE=$(echo $INFO | grep -oEe 'geometry [0-9]+x[0-9]+' | grep -oEe '[0-9]+x[0-9]+')
-# Get the window position
+WIN_GEO=$(echo $INFO | grep -oEe 'geometry [0-9]+x[0-9]+' | grep -oEe '[0-9]+x[0-9]+')
WIN_XY=$(echo $INFO | grep -oEe 'Corners: \+[0-9]+\+[0-9]+' | grep -oEe '[0-9]+\+[0-9]+' | sed -e 's/\+/,/')
-# Determine window width and window height, and adjust to be divisible by two
-WIN_WIDTH=$(echo $WIN_SIZE | cut -d "x" -f 1 | awk '{print $1+$1%2}')
-WIN_HEIGHT=$(echo $WIN_SIZE | cut -d "x" -f 2 | awk '{print $1+$1%2}')
+WIN_X=$(echo $WIN_GEO | cut -d "x" -f 1 | awk '{print $1+$1%2}')
+WIN_Y=$(echo $WIN_GEO | cut -d "x" -f 2 | awk '{print $1+$1%2}')
-# Run ffmpeg
-ffmpeg \
- -f alsa -ac 1 -i pulse \ # Audio from alsa, using one channel, using the default pulse input device
- -f x11grab -r 30 -s ${WIN_WIDTH}x${WIN_HEIGHT} -i :0.0+${WIN_XY} \ # Video from X11, framerate 30
- -vcodec libx264 -vpre lossless_ultrafast \ # Use the libx264 video encoder with the lossless_ultrafast preset
- -acodec libmp3lame \ # Use the libmp3lame audio encoder
- ${HOME}/screencast-$(date +%F-%H-%M-%S).mkv # Output to a file in the user's homedir, using current date and time
+ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 1 -i pulse -f x11grab -r 30 -s ${WIN_X}x${WIN_Y} -i :0.0+${WIN_XY} -vcodec libx264 -vpre lossless_ultrafast -acodec libmp3lame ${HOME}/screencast-$(date +%F-%H-%M-%S).mkv