Recording setup for sway and waybar

config.jsonc

{
  "custom/recorder": {
    "return-type": "json",
    "format": "{}",
    "interval": 1,
    "exec": "~/.config/sway/scripts/waybar-recorder-status.sh",
    "on-click": "killall -s SIGINT wf-recorder && notify-send 'Recording stopped and saved'"
  },
}

sway-recorder.sh

#!/bin/bash

output_dir="$HOME/Videos/Screencaps"
mkdir -p "$output_dir"

chosen_option=$(tofi <<EOF
Record Region (MP4)
Record Fullscreen (MP4)
EOF
)

case "$chosen_option" in
    "Record Region (MP4)")
        geometry=$(slurp)

        if [ -z "$geometry" ]; then
            exit 0
        fi

        wf-recorder -g "$geometry" -a -f "$output_dir/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').mp4" &
        ;;

    "Record Fullscreen (MP4)")
        wf-recorder -a -f "$output_dir/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')-fullscreen.mp4" &
        ;;
esac
exit 0

waybar-recorder-status.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if the wf-recorder process is running
if pgrep -x "wf-recorder" > /dev/null; then
    echo '{"text": "🔴 STOP", "tooltip": "A recording is in progress.\nClick to stop.", "class": "recording"}'
else
    # If wf-recorder is not running, output empty text to hide the module
    echo '{"text": ""}'
fi