From 12fbce53a2b2659b810e24c2345a705545183817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Kiselev <root@dc365.ru>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 20:43:34 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] scrn-rec: A simple script for recording video from your
 desktop

---
 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 scrn-rec  | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scrn-rec

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30de550..3a36f1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,3 +90,13 @@ GUI-обёртка над `www/yt-dlp` для воспроизведения в
 
 ---
 
+## scrn-rec
+
+Скрипт для записи видео с экрана средствами `ffmpeg` и `x11grab`.
+
+Для работы скрипта необходимы:
+- `ffmpeg` (`multimedia/ffmpeg`), собранный с опцией `XCB`;
+- `yad` (`x11/yad`).
+
+---
+
diff --git a/scrn-rec b/scrn-rec
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..30ace77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrn-rec
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+REC="$( which ffmpeg )"
+
+[ -z ${REC} ] && {
+	echo "ERR: ffmpeg not found in \$PATH"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+OPT="${HOME}/.local/tmp"
+FIFO="${OPT}/scrn-rec.pipe"
+DATE="$( date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S )"
+DIR="${HOME}/media/screencasts"
+FILE="$( hostname | cut -d\. -f1 )-${DATE}.mp4"
+
+mkdir -p "${DIR}" || {
+	echo "ERR: can not create ${DIR} dir"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+mkfifo "${FIFO}"
+
+${REC} -y -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080 \
+	-i :0.0 -r 30 -codec:v libx264 \
+	-pix_fmt yuv420p \
+	-preset ultrafast \
+	-crf 22 -threads 0 \
+	"${DIR}/${FILE}" <"${FIFO}" &
+
+exec 3> "${FIFO}"
+
+( yad \
+	--geometry="-340-32" \
+	--title="STOP" \
+	--window-icon="" \
+	--undecorated \
+	--skip-taskbar \
+	--sticky \
+	--on-top \
+	--button='!gtk-stop:1'; echo "q" >&3; sleep 2; rm -f "${FIFO}" ) &
+