ffscreencast

A shell wrapper around ffmpeg, this tool enables command‑line screen recording with automatic detection of monitors, cameras, and microphones. Users can select recording devices interactively or via parameters, and optionally overlay a camera feed on the desktop video. It also supports audio capture and can output the underlying ffmpeg command instead of executing it, facilitating custom tweaks.

The script runs on macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and Windows, leveraging platform‑specific capture interfaces such as AVFoundation and x11grab. Required dependencies include bash, ffmpeg, and, on Linux, utilities for listing video and audio devices. A configuration file allows default options to be preset.

Typical usage involves invoking the program without arguments to record the primary screen without overlay or sound, while additional flags let users specify screen, audio, or camera sources, output format, and dry‑run mode for command preview. The project is stable and distributed via package managers and manual installation.