#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess
import shlex
import os
from datetime import datetime
from time import sleep

now = datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
home_path = os.path.abspath(__file__)
#recordings_path = home_path + '/audios/'
recordings_path ='audios/'
recording_file = recordings_path +  now + '.wav' 

print(recording_file)

cmd = "arecord -f cd -D hw:1,0 {}".format(recording_file)
cmd = shlex.split(cmd)

# start recording
rec = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=False)


sleep(5)



# stop recording
rec.kill()