From accd7763c5b8da55c6020bab4f7446033c8239f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Todd <c0de@c0defox.es>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:39:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allow recording to gif

screencast2gif will record a standard `ffcast` (just like pressing
PrtSc) and then ffmpeg will convert it to gif format a short while later
---
 i3/config            |  1 +
 i3/screencast2gif.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 i3/screencast2gif.sh

diff --git a/i3/config b/i3/config
index b494a12..a289310 100644
--- a/i3/config
+++ b/i3/config
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+Insert --release exec --no-startup-id maim ~/Pictures/$(date
 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Insert exec --no-startup-id maim -s ~/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d).png&& pinta ~/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s).png # screenshot and edit
 
 # Screen recording
+bindsym Shift+Print exec --no-startup-id ~/.i3/screencast2gif.sh
 bindsym Print exec --no-startup-id "ffcast -q $(while slop -q -n -f '-g %g ';do :;done) rec ~/Videos/rec-%si-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s).mp4"
 bindsym $mod+Print exec --no-startup-id pkill -fxn '(/\S+)*ffmpeg\s.*\sx11grab\s.*'
 
diff --git a/i3/screencast2gif.sh b/i3/screencast2gif.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ac438f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3/screencast2gif.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)
+
+ffmpeg() {
+    command ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -nostdin "$@"
+}
+
+ffcast -q $(while slop -q -n -f '-g %g ';do :;done) rec ~/Videos/screencast-${date}.mp4
+
+ffmpeg -i ~/Videos/screencast-${date}.mp4 -vf palettegen -f image2 -c:v png - |
+    ffmpeg -i ~/Videos/screencast-${date}.mp4 -i - -filter_complex paletteuse ~/Pictures/screencast-${date}.gif && notify-send "Gif recorded to ~/Pictures/screencast-${date}"