1.7.8

README.md

@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 A fullscreen overlay UI for [GPU Screen Recorder](https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/about/) in the style of ShadowPlay.\
 The application is currently primarly designed for X11 but it can run on Wayland as well through XWayland, with some caveats because of Wayland limitations.
 
-# Usage
-You can start the overlay UI and make it start automatically on system startup by running `systemctl enable --now --user gpu-screen-recorder-ui`.
-Alternatively you can run `gsr-ui` and go into settings and enable start on system startup setting.\
-Press `Left Alt+Z` to show/hide the UI. Go into settings to view all of the different hotkeys configured.\
-If you use a non-systemd distro and want to start the UI on system startup then you have to manually add `gsr-ui` to your system startup script.\
-A program called `gsr-ui-cli` is also installed when installing this software. This can be used to remotely control the UI. Run `gsr-ui-cli --help` to list the available commands.
-
 # Installation
 If you are using an Arch Linux based distro then you can find gpu screen recorder ui on aur under the name gpu-screen-recorder-ui (`yay -S gpu-screen-recorder-ui`).\
 If you are running another distro then you can run `sudo ./install.sh`, but you need to manually install the dependencies, as described below.\
 You can also install gpu screen recorder from [flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder) which includes this UI.
 
+# Usage
+Press `Left Alt+Z` to show/hide the UI. Go into settings (the icon on the right) to view all of the different hotkeys configured.\
+You can start the overlay UI and make it start automatically on system startup by running `systemctl enable --now --user gpu-screen-recorder-ui`.
+Alternatively you can run `gsr-ui` and go into settings and enable start on system startup setting.\
+If you use a non-systemd distro and want to start the UI on system startup then you have to manually add `gsr-ui launch-daemon` to your system startup script.\
+A program called `gsr-ui-cli` is also installed when installing this software. This can be used to remotely control the UI. Run `gsr-ui-cli --help` to list the available commands.
+
 # Dependencies
 GPU Screen Recorder UI uses meson build system so you need to install `meson` to build GPU Screen Recorder UI.
 

TODO

@@ -206,3 +206,12 @@ Support localization.
 Add option to not capture cursor in screenshot when doing region/window capture.
 
 Window selection doesn't work when a window is fullscreen on x11.
+
+Make it possible to change replay duration of the "save 1 min" and "save 10 min" by adding them to the replay settings as options.
+
+If replay duration is set below the "save 1 min" or "save 10 min" then gray them out and when hovering over those buttons
+    show a tooltip that says that those buttons cant be used because the replay duration in replay settings is set to a lower value than that (and display the replay duration there).
+
+The UI is unusable on a vertical monitor.
+
+Steam overlay interfers with controller input in gsr ui. Maybe move controller handling the gsr-global-hotkeys to do a grab on the controller, to only give the key input to gsr ui.

include/Rpc.hpp

@@ -4,31 +4,47 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <string>
+#include <poll.h>
 
-typedef struct _IO_FILE FILE;
+#define GSR_RPC_MAX_CONNECTIONS 8
+#define GSR_RPC_MAX_POLLS (1 + GSR_RPC_MAX_CONNECTIONS) /* +1 to include the socket_fd itself for accept */
+#define GSR_RPC_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE 128
 
 namespace gsr {
     using RpcCallback = std::function<void(const std::string &name)>;
 
+    enum class RpcOpenResult {
+        OK,
+        CONNECTION_REFUSED,
+        ERROR
+    };
+
     class Rpc {
     public:
-        Rpc() = default;
+        struct PollData {
+            char buffer[GSR_RPC_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE];
+            int buffer_size = 0;
+        };
+
+        Rpc();
         Rpc(const Rpc&) = delete;
         Rpc& operator=(const Rpc&) = delete;
         ~Rpc();
 
         bool create(const char *name);
-        bool open(const char *name);
+        RpcOpenResult open(const char *name);
         bool write(const char *str, size_t size);
         void poll();
 
         bool add_handler(const std::string &name, RpcCallback callback);
     private:
-        bool open_filepath(const char *filepath);
+        void handle_client_data(int client_fd, PollData &poll_data);
     private:
-        int fd = 0;
+        int socket_fd = 0;
-        FILE *file = nullptr;
+        std::string socket_filepath;
-        std::string fifo_filepath;
+        struct pollfd polls[GSR_RPC_MAX_POLLS];
+        PollData polls_data[GSR_RPC_MAX_POLLS];
+        int num_polls = 0;
         std::unordered_map<std::string, RpcCallback> handlers_by_name;
     };
 }

include/gui/ComboBox.hpp

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ namespace gsr {
         void draw(mgl::Window &window, mgl::vec2f offset) override;
 
         void add_item(const std::string &text, const std::string &id);
+        // The item can only be selected if it's enabled
         void set_selected_item(const std::string &id, bool trigger_event = true, bool trigger_event_even_if_selection_not_changed = true);
+        void set_item_enabled(const std::string &id, bool enabled);
         const std::string& get_selected_id() const;
 
         mgl::vec2f get_size() override;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ namespace gsr {
             mgl::Text text;
             std::string id;
             mgl::vec2f position;
+            bool enabled = true;
         };
 
         mgl::vec2f max_size;

meson.build

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('gsr-ui', ['c', 'cpp'], version : '1.7.4', default_options : ['warning_level=2', 'cpp_std=c++17'], subproject_dir : 'depends')
+project('gsr-ui', ['c', 'cpp'], version : '1.7.8', default_options : ['warning_level=2', 'cpp_std=c++17'], subproject_dir : 'depends')
 
 add_project_arguments('-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', language : ['c', 'cpp'])
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ datadir = get_option('datadir')
 gsr_ui_resources_path = join_paths(prefix, datadir, 'gsr-ui')
 
 add_project_arguments('-DGSR_UI_VERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"', language: ['c', 'cpp'])
-add_project_arguments('-DGSR_FLATPAK_VERSION="5.7.6"', language: ['c', 'cpp'])
+add_project_arguments('-DGSR_FLATPAK_VERSION="5.8.2"', language: ['c', 'cpp'])
 
 executable(
     meson.project_name(),

project.conf

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gsr-ui"
 type = "executable"
-version = "1.7.4"
+version = "1.7.8"
 platforms = ["posix"]
 
 [lang.cpp]

src/Overlay.cpp

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ namespace gsr {
         hide();
 
         if(notification_process > 0) {
-            kill(notification_process, SIGKILL);
+            kill(notification_process, SIGINT);
             int status;
             if(waitpid(notification_process, &status, 0) == -1) {
                 perror("waitpid failed");
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ namespace gsr {
         const bool is_kwin = wm_name == "KWin";
         const bool is_wlroots = wm_name.find("wlroots") != std::string::npos;
         const bool is_hyprland = wm_name.find("Hyprland") != std::string::npos;
+        //const bool is_smithay = wm_name.find("Smithay") != std::string::npos;
         const bool hyprland_waybar_is_dock = is_hyprland && is_hyprland_waybar_running_as_dock();
 
         std::optional<CursorInfo> cursor_info;
@@ -986,8 +987,7 @@ namespace gsr {
         // Wayland doesn't allow XGrabPointer/XGrabKeyboard when a wayland application is focused.
         // If the focused window is a wayland application then don't use override redirect and instead create
         // a fullscreen window for the ui.
-        // TODO: (x11_cursor_window && is_window_fullscreen_on_monitor(display, x11_cursor_window, *focused_monitor))
+        const bool prevent_game_minimizing = gsr_info.system_info.display_server != DisplayServer::WAYLAND || (x11_cursor_window && is_window_fullscreen_on_monitor(display, x11_cursor_window, *focused_monitor)) || is_wlroots || is_hyprland;
-        const bool prevent_game_minimizing = gsr_info.system_info.display_server != DisplayServer::WAYLAND || x11_cursor_window || is_wlroots || is_hyprland;
 
         if(prevent_game_minimizing) {
             window_pos = focused_monitor->position;
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ namespace gsr {
         notification_args[arg_index++] = nullptr;
 
         if(notification_process > 0) {
-            kill(notification_process, SIGKILL);
+            kill(notification_process, SIGINT);
             int status = 0;
             waitpid(notification_process, &status, 0);
         }
@@ -1828,8 +1828,6 @@ namespace gsr {
             result += std::to_string(seconds) + " second" + (seconds == 1 ? "" : "s");
         }
 
-        fprintf(stderr, "to duration string: %f, %d, %d, %d\n", duration_sec, seconds, minutes, hours);
-
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -2560,6 +2558,14 @@ namespace gsr {
         *container = change_container_if_codec_not_supported(*video_codec, *container);
     }
 
+    static std::string get_framerate_mode_validate(const RecordOptions &record_options, const GsrInfo &gsr_info) {
+        (void)gsr_info;
+        std::string framerate_mode = record_options.framerate_mode;
+        if(framerate_mode == "auto")
+            framerate_mode = "vfr";
+        return framerate_mode;
+    }
+
     bool Overlay::on_press_start_replay(bool disable_notification, bool finished_selection) {
         if(region_selector.is_started() || window_selector.is_started())
             return false;
@@ -2632,7 +2638,7 @@ namespace gsr {
         const std::string video_bitrate = std::to_string(config.replay_config.record_options.video_bitrate);
         const std::string output_directory = config.replay_config.save_directory;
         const std::vector<std::string> audio_tracks = create_audio_tracks_cli_args(config.replay_config.record_options.audio_tracks_list, gsr_info);
-        const std::string framerate_mode = config.replay_config.record_options.framerate_mode == "auto" ? "vfr" : config.replay_config.record_options.framerate_mode;
+        const std::string framerate_mode = get_framerate_mode_validate(config.replay_config.record_options, gsr_info);
         const std::string replay_time = std::to_string(config.replay_config.replay_time);
         const char *container = config.replay_config.container.c_str();
         const char *video_codec = config.replay_config.record_options.video_codec.c_str();
@@ -2829,7 +2835,7 @@ namespace gsr {
         const std::string video_bitrate = std::to_string(config.record_config.record_options.video_bitrate);
         const std::string output_file = config.record_config.save_directory + "/Video_" + get_date_str() + "." + container_to_file_extension(config.record_config.container.c_str());
         const std::vector<std::string> audio_tracks = create_audio_tracks_cli_args(config.record_config.record_options.audio_tracks_list, gsr_info);
-        const std::string framerate_mode = config.record_config.record_options.framerate_mode == "auto" ? "vfr" : config.record_config.record_options.framerate_mode;
+        const std::string framerate_mode = get_framerate_mode_validate(config.record_config.record_options, gsr_info);
         const char *container = config.record_config.container.c_str();
         const char *video_codec = config.record_config.record_options.video_codec.c_str();
         const char *encoder = "gpu";
@@ -3005,7 +3011,7 @@ namespace gsr {
         // But we check it anyways as streaming on some sites can fail if there is more than one audio track
         if(audio_tracks.size() > 1)
             audio_tracks.resize(1);
-        const std::string framerate_mode = config.streaming_config.record_options.framerate_mode == "auto" ? "vfr" : config.streaming_config.record_options.framerate_mode;
+        const std::string framerate_mode = get_framerate_mode_validate(config.streaming_config.record_options, gsr_info);
         const char *container = "flv";
         if(config.streaming_config.streaming_service == "custom")
             container = config.streaming_config.custom.container.c_str();

src/Rpc.cpp

@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <poll.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 
 namespace gsr {
-    static void get_runtime_filepath(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size, const char *filename) {
+    static void get_socket_filepath(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size, const char *filename) {
         char dir[PATH_MAX];
 
         const char *runtime_dir = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
@@ -24,79 +25,117 @@ namespace gsr {
         snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "%s/%s", dir, filename);
     }
 
+    static int create_socket(const char *name, struct sockaddr_un *addr, std::string &socket_filepath) {
+        char socket_filepath_tmp[PATH_MAX];
+        get_socket_filepath(socket_filepath_tmp, sizeof(socket_filepath_tmp), name);
+        socket_filepath = socket_filepath_tmp;
+
+        memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
+        if(strlen(name) > sizeof(addr->sun_path))
+            return false;
+
+        addr->sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+        snprintf(addr->sun_path, sizeof(addr->sun_path), "%s", socket_filepath.c_str());
+
+        return socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
+    }
+
+    Rpc::Rpc() {
+        num_polls = 0;
+    }
+
     Rpc::~Rpc() {
-        if(fd > 0)
+        if(socket_fd > 0)
-            close(fd);
+            close(socket_fd);
 
-        if(file)
+        if(!socket_filepath.empty())
-            fclose(file);
+            unlink(socket_filepath.c_str());
-
-        if(!fifo_filepath.empty())
-            unlink(fifo_filepath.c_str());
     }
 
     bool Rpc::create(const char *name) {
-        if(file) {
+        if(socket_fd > 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::create: already created/opened\n");
             return false;
         }
 
-        char fifo_filepath_tmp[PATH_MAX];
+        struct sockaddr_un addr;
-        get_runtime_filepath(fifo_filepath_tmp, sizeof(fifo_filepath_tmp), name);
+        socket_fd = create_socket(name, &addr, socket_filepath);
-        fifo_filepath = fifo_filepath_tmp;
+        if(socket_fd <= 0) {
-        unlink(fifo_filepath.c_str());
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::create: failed to create socket, error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-
-        if(mkfifo(fifo_filepath.c_str(), 0600) != 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error: mkfifo failed, error: %s, %s\n", strerror(errno), fifo_filepath.c_str());
-            fifo_filepath.clear();
             return false;
         }
 
-        if(!open_filepath(fifo_filepath.c_str())) {
+        unlink(socket_filepath.c_str());
-            unlink(fifo_filepath.c_str());
+
-            fifo_filepath.clear();
+        if(bind(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
+            const int err = errno;
+            close(socket_fd);
+            socket_fd = 0;
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::create: failed to bind, error: %s\n", strerror(err));
             return false;
         }
 
+        if(listen(socket_fd, GSR_RPC_MAX_CONNECTIONS) == -1) {
+            const int err = errno;
+            close(socket_fd);
+            socket_fd = 0;
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::create: failed to listen, error: %s\n", strerror(err));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        polls[0].fd = socket_fd;
+        polls[0].events = POLLIN;
+        polls[0].revents = 0;
+        ++num_polls;
+
         return true;
     }
 
-    bool Rpc::open(const char *name) {
+    RpcOpenResult Rpc::open(const char *name) {
-        if(file) {
+        if(socket_fd > 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::open: already created/opened\n");
-            return false;
+            return RpcOpenResult::ERROR;
         }
 
-        char fifo_filepath_tmp[PATH_MAX];
+        struct sockaddr_un addr;
-        get_runtime_filepath(fifo_filepath_tmp, sizeof(fifo_filepath_tmp), name);
+        socket_fd = create_socket(name, &addr, socket_filepath);
-        return open_filepath(fifo_filepath_tmp);
+        socket_filepath.clear(); /* We dont want to delete the socket on exit as the client */
-    }
+        if(socket_fd <= 0) {
-
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::open: failed to create socket, error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-    bool Rpc::open_filepath(const char *filepath) {
+            return RpcOpenResult::ERROR;
-        fd = ::open(filepath, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
-        if(fd <= 0)
-            return false;
-
-        file = fdopen(fd, "r+");
-        if(!file) {
-            close(fd);
-            fd = 0;
-            return false;
         }
-        fd = 0;
+
-        return true;
+        while(true) {
+            if(connect(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
+                const int err = errno;
+                if(err == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+                    usleep(10 * 1000);
+                } else {
+                    close(socket_fd);
+                    socket_fd = 0;
+                    if(err != ENOENT && err != ECONNREFUSED)
+                        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::create: failed to connect, error: %s\n", strerror(err));
+                    return RpcOpenResult::ERROR;
+                }
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return RpcOpenResult::OK;
     }
 
     bool Rpc::write(const char *str, size_t size) {
-        if(!file) {
+        if(socket_fd <= 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::write: fifo not created/opened yet\n");
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::write: unix domain socket not created/opened yet\n");
             return false;
         }
 
         ssize_t offset = 0;
         while(offset < (ssize_t)size) {
-            const ssize_t bytes_written = fwrite(str + offset, 1, size - offset, file);
+            const ssize_t bytes_written = ::write(socket_fd, str + offset, size - offset);
-            fflush(file);
             if(bytes_written > 0)
                 offset += bytes_written;
         }
@@ -104,30 +143,73 @@ namespace gsr {
     }
 
     void Rpc::poll() {
-        if(!file) {
+        if(socket_fd <= 0) {
-            //fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::poll: fifo not created/opened yet\n");
+            //fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::poll: unix domain socket not created/opened yet\n");
             return;
         }
 
         std::string name;
-        char line[1024];
+        while(::poll(polls, num_polls, 0) > 0) {
-        while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
+            for(int i = 0; i < num_polls; ++i) {
-            int line_len = strlen(line);
+                if(polls[i].fd == socket_fd) {
-            if(line_len == 0)
+                    if(polls[i].revents & (POLLERR|POLLHUP)) {
-                continue;
+                        close(socket_fd);
+                        socket_fd = 0;
+                        return;
+                    }
 
-            if(line[line_len - 1] == '\n') {
+                    const int client_fd = accept(socket_fd, NULL, NULL);
-                line[line_len - 1] = '\0';
+                    if(num_polls >= GSR_RPC_MAX_POLLS) {
-                --line_len;
+                        if(errno != EWOULDBLOCK)
+                            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Rpc::poll: unable to accept more clients, error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+                    } else {
+                        polls[num_polls].fd = client_fd;
+                        polls[num_polls].events = POLLIN;
+                        polls[num_polls].revents = 0;
+                        ++num_polls;
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if(polls[i].revents & POLLIN)
+                    handle_client_data(polls[i].fd, polls_data[i]);
+
+                if(polls[i].revents & (POLLERR|POLLHUP)) {
+                    close(polls[i].fd);
+                    polls[i] = polls[num_polls - 1];
+
+                    memcpy(polls_data[i].buffer, polls_data[num_polls - 1].buffer, polls_data[num_polls - 1].buffer_size);
+                    polls_data[i].buffer_size = polls_data[num_polls - 1].buffer_size;
+
+                    --num_polls;
+                    --i;
+                }
             }
-
-            name = line;
-            auto it = handlers_by_name.find(name);
-            if(it != handlers_by_name.end())
-                it->second(name);
         }
     }
 
+    void Rpc::handle_client_data(int client_fd, PollData &poll_data) {
+        char *write_buffer = poll_data.buffer + poll_data.buffer_size;
+        const ssize_t num_bytes_read = read(client_fd, write_buffer, sizeof(poll_data.buffer) - poll_data.buffer_size);
+        if(num_bytes_read <= 0)
+            return;
+
+        poll_data.buffer_size += num_bytes_read;
+        const char *newline_p = (const char*)memchr(write_buffer, '\n', num_bytes_read);
+        if(!newline_p)
+            return;
+
+        const size_t command_size = newline_p - poll_data.buffer;
+        std::string name;
+        name.assign(poll_data.buffer, command_size);
+        memmove(poll_data.buffer, newline_p + 1, poll_data.buffer_size - (command_size + 1));
+        poll_data.buffer_size -= (command_size + 1);
+
+        auto it = handlers_by_name.find(name);
+        if(it != handlers_by_name.end())
+            it->second(name);
+    }
+
     bool Rpc::add_handler(const std::string &name, RpcCallback callback) {
         return handlers_by_name.insert(std::make_pair(name, std::move(callback))).second;
     }

src/gui/ComboBox.cpp

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace gsr {
                 for(size_t i = 0; i < items.size(); ++i) {
                     Item &item = items[i];
                     item_size.y = padding_top + item.text.get_bounds().size.y + padding_bottom;
-                    if(mgl::FloatRect(item.position, item_size).contains(mouse_pos)) {
+                    if(mgl::FloatRect(item.position, item_size).contains(mouse_pos) && item.enabled) {
                         const size_t prev_selected_item = selected_item;
                         selected_item = i;
                         show_dropdown = false;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace gsr {
     void ComboBox::set_selected_item(const std::string &id, bool trigger_event, bool trigger_event_even_if_selection_not_changed) {
         for(size_t i = 0; i < items.size(); ++i) {
             auto &item = items[i];
-            if(item.id == id) {
+            if(item.id == id && item.enabled) {
                 const size_t prev_selected_item = selected_item;
                 selected_item = i;
                 dirty = true;
@@ -106,6 +106,22 @@ namespace gsr {
         }
     }
 
+    void ComboBox::set_item_enabled(const std::string &id, bool enabled) {
+        for(size_t i = 0; i < items.size(); ++i) {
+            auto &item = items[i];
+            if(item.id == id) {
+                item.enabled = enabled;
+                item.text.set_color(item.enabled ? mgl::Color(255, 255, 255, 255) : mgl::Color(255, 255, 255, 80));
+                if(selected_item == i) {
+                    selected_item = 0;
+                    show_dropdown = false;
+                    dirty = true;
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     const std::string& ComboBox::get_selected_id() const {
         if(items.empty()) {
             static std::string dummy;
@@ -150,7 +166,7 @@ namespace gsr {
             Item &item = items[i];
             item_size.y = padding_top + item.text.get_bounds().size.y + padding_bottom;
 
-            if(!cursor_inside) {
+            if(!cursor_inside && item.enabled) {
                 cursor_inside = mgl::FloatRect(items_draw_pos, item_size).contains(mouse_pos);
                 if(cursor_inside) {
                     mgl::Rectangle item_background(items_draw_pos.floor(), item_size.floor());

src/gui/SettingsPage.cpp

@@ -568,6 +568,10 @@ namespace gsr {
         framerate_mode_box->add_item("Auto (Recommended)", "auto");
         framerate_mode_box->add_item("Constant", "cfr");
         framerate_mode_box->add_item("Variable", "vfr");
+        if(gsr_info->system_info.display_server == DisplayServer::X11)
+            framerate_mode_box->add_item("Sync to content", "content");
+        else
+            framerate_mode_box->add_item("Sync to content (Only X11 or desktop portal capture)", "content");
         framerate_mode_box_ptr = framerate_mode_box.get();
         return framerate_mode_box;
     }

src/main.cpp

@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ enum class LaunchAction {
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "C"); // Sigh... stupid C
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
     mallopt(M_MMAP_THRESHOLD, 65536);
+#endif
 
     if(geteuid() == 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error: don't run gsr-ui as the root user\n");
@@ -224,16 +226,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     set_display_server_environment_variables();
 
     auto rpc = std::make_unique<gsr::Rpc>();
-    const bool rpc_created = rpc->create("gsr-ui");
+    const gsr::RpcOpenResult rpc_open_result = rpc->open("gsr-ui");
-    if(!rpc_created)
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Failed to create rpc\n");
 
-    if(is_gsr_ui_virtual_keyboard_running() || !rpc_created) {
+    if(is_gsr_ui_virtual_keyboard_running() || rpc_open_result == gsr::RpcOpenResult::OK) {
         if(launch_action == LaunchAction::LAUNCH_DAEMON)
             return 1;
 
-        rpc = std::make_unique<gsr::Rpc>();
+        if(rpc->write("show_ui\n", 8)) {
-        if(rpc->open("gsr-ui") && rpc->write("show_ui\n", 8)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: another instance of gsr-ui is already running, opening that one instead\n");
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to send command to running gsr-ui instance, user will have to open the UI manually with Alt+Z\n");
@@ -243,6 +242,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if(!rpc->create("gsr-ui"))
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Failed to create rpc\n");
+
     if(gsr::pidof("gpu-screen-recorder", -1) != -1) {
         const char *args[] = { "gsr-notify", "--text", "GPU Screen Recorder is already running in another process.\nPlease close it before using GPU Screen Recorder UI.", "--timeout", "5.0", "--icon-color", "ff0000", "--bg-color", "ff0000", nullptr };
         gsr::exec_program_daemonized(args);

tools/gsr-ui-cli/main.c

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 
-static void get_runtime_filepath(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size, const char *filename) {
+static void get_socket_filepath(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size, const char *filename) {
     char dir[PATH_MAX];
 
     const char *runtime_dir = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ static void get_runtime_filepath(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size, const char *f
 }
 
 /* Assumes |str| size is less than 256 */
-static void fifo_write_all(int file_fd, const char *str) {
+static void file_write_all(int file_fd, const char *str) {
     char command[256];
     const ssize_t command_size = snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s\n", str);
     if(command_size >= (ssize_t)sizeof(command)) {
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ static void fifo_write_all(int file_fd, const char *str) {
 
     ssize_t offset = 0;
     while(offset < (ssize_t)command_size) {
-        const ssize_t bytes_written = write(file_fd, str + offset, command_size - offset);
+        const ssize_t bytes_written = write(file_fd, command + offset, command_size - offset);
         if(bytes_written > 0)
             offset += bytes_written;
     }
@@ -112,15 +114,34 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         usage();
     }
 
-    char fifo_filepath[PATH_MAX];
+    char socket_filepath[PATH_MAX];
-    get_runtime_filepath(fifo_filepath, sizeof(fifo_filepath), "gsr-ui");
+    get_socket_filepath(socket_filepath, sizeof(socket_filepath), "gsr-ui");
-    const int fifo_fd = open(fifo_filepath, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
+
-    if(fifo_fd <= 0) {
+    const int socket_fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to open fifo file %s. Maybe gsr-ui is not running?\n", fifo_filepath);
+    if(socket_fd <= 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to create socket\n");
         exit(2);
     }
 
-    fifo_write_all(fifo_fd, command);
+    struct sockaddr_un addr = {0};
-    close(fifo_fd);
+    addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    snprintf(addr.sun_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path), "%s", socket_filepath);
+
+    for(;;) {
+        if(connect(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
+            const int err = errno;
+            if(err == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+                usleep(10 * 1000);
+            } else {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to connect, error: %s. Maybe gsr-ui is not running?\n", strerror(err));
+                exit(2);
+            }
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    file_write_all(socket_fd, command);
+    close(socket_fd);
     return 0;
 }