Create a recording-icon in Polybar when screencast is active

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I created a shortkey to start/ stop a screencast:

ctrl + Print
ffmpeg -y -f x11grab -s 1680x1050 -i :0.0 -f alsa -i default video.mp4

When the screencast is active I would like to have an icon on the polybar. How to create?

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You’ll need some sort of script that can check whether the command is running or not.

For polybar, you can create a script type module

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Thanks you. The concept behind it I can grasp. But that’s too sophisticated for my level. I see, I have to educate me for scripting…