From c4f57beba214855aae38fac9b17b9d6e281630c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 15:52:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Show better with a preview notification that'll open
 recording on invocation

---
 bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord b/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord
index 3ee3d877..93e143a9 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord
+++ b/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord
@@ -135,7 +135,17 @@ stop_screenrecording() {
     notify-send "Screen recording error" "Recording process had to be force-killed. Video may be corrupted." -u critical -t 5000
   else
     trim_first_frame
-    notify-send "Screen recording saved to $OUTPUT_DIR" -t 2000
+    local filename=$(cat "$RECORDING_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
+    local preview="${filename%.mp4}-preview.png"
+
+    # Generate a preview thumbnail from the first frame
+    ffmpeg -y -i "$filename" -ss 00:00:00.1 -vframes 1 -q:v 2 "$preview" -loglevel quiet 2>/dev/null
+
+    (
+      ACTION=$(notify-send "Screen recording saved" "Open with Super + Alt + , (or click this)" -t 10000 -i "${preview:-$filename}" -A "default=open")
+      [[ $ACTION == "default" ]] && mpv "$filename"
+      rm -f "$preview"
+    ) &
   fi
 
   rm -f "$RECORDING_FILE"