new command "record" for quick audio recording

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dot/local/bin/record b/dot/local/bin/record
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..646ecee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot/local/bin/record
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+output=mic-recording.$(date -Iseconds).mp3
+latest=mic-recording.latest.mp3
+ffmpeg -loglevel error -f alsa -ac 2 -i default -acodec libmp3lame -ab 192k ./"$output" &
+pid=$!
+
+if [ "$DISPLAY" ]; then
+        xmessage 'click OK to stop recording'
+else
+        echo 'press ENTER to stop recording'
+        read line
+fi
+
+kill $pid
+
+if [ -L "$latest" -o ! -e "$latest" ]; then
+        ln -sf "$output" "$latest"
+fi