Usage with Sway

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Scott Moreau edited this page Nov 23, 2019 · 1 revision

Using wf-recorder with Sway

In your Sway config file, add those key bindings to start and stop wf-recorder :

bindsym Ctrl+Print exec wf-recorder -f ~/recording_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.mp4")
bindsym Ctrl+Shift+Print exec wf-recorder -g "$$(slurp)" -f ~/recording_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.mp4")
bindsym Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace exec killall -s SIGINT wf-recorder

Ctrl+Print will start recording the whole screen
Ctrl+Shift+Print will let you select an area to record and start recording
Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace will stop all recordings

There is also a helper script that can be found here.