#!/bin/bash

# README
# run command to start recording then press Ctrl-C when you want to stop
# recording.  This will create a new file in /tmp/ and then copy its path to
# your clipboard You can then Ctrl+V to paste it into Anki, which will copy the
# file to ~/.local/share/Anki2/
#
# to find the correct sink, use the following command to get the names of the
# sinks. You MUST append the suffix ".monitor"
#      pacmd list-sinks | grep -e '^[[:space:]]*name'
#
# On ubuntu, you will need to install the prerequisite packages
#     sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils lame

sink=alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor
file=/tmp/audio_$(date  "+%Y-%m-%d_%T").mp3
parec -d $sink | lame -r -V6 - $file
echo file://$file | xclip -t text/uri-list -selection clipboard