file get_updated

qtile/scripts/gif-recorder.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# If an instance of wf-recorder is running under this user kill it with SIGINT and exit
+pkill --euid "$USER" --signal SIGINT wf-recorder && exit
+
+# Define paths
+DefaultSaveDir=$HOME'/Videos'
+TmpPathPrefix='/tmp/gif-record'
+TmpRecordPath=$TmpPathPrefix'-cap.mp4'
+TmpPalettePath=$TmpPathPrefix'-palette.png'
+
+# Trap for cleanup on exit
+OnExit() {
+	[[ -f $TmpRecordPath ]] && rm -f "$TmpRecordPath"
+	[[ -f $TmpPalettePath ]] && rm -f "$TmpPalettePath"
+}
+trap OnExit EXIT
+
+# Set umask so tmp files are only acessible to the user
+umask 177
+
+# Get selection and honor escape key
+Coords=$(slurp) || exit
+
+# Capture video using slurp for screen area
+# timeout and exit after 10 minutes as user has almost certainly forgotten it's running
+timeout 600 wf-recorder -g "$Coords" -f "$TmpRecordPath" || exit
+
+# Get the filename from the user and honor cancel
+SavePath=$( zenity \
+	--file-selection \
+	--save \
+	--confirm-overwrite \
+	--file-filter=*.gif \
+	--filename="$DefaultSaveDir"'/.gif' \
+) || exit
+
+# Append .gif to the SavePath if it's missing
+[[ $SavePath =~ \.gif$ ]] || SavePath+='.gif'
+
+# Produce a pallete from the video file
+ffmpeg -i "$TmpRecordPath" -filter_complex "palettegen=stats_mode=full" "$TmpPalettePath" -y || exit
+
+# Return umask to default
+umask 022
+
+# Use pallete to produce a gif from the video file
+ffmpeg -i "$TmpRecordPath" -i "$TmpPalettePath" -filter_complex "paletteuse=dither=sierra2_4a" "$SavePath" -y || exit