diff --git a/lua/gp/config.lua b/lua/gp/config.lua
index cb431f00..2c426905 100644
--- a/lua/gp/config.lua
+++ b/lua/gp/config.lua
@@ -183,7 +183,16 @@ local config = {
 	whisper_tempo = "1.75",
 	-- The language of the input audio, in ISO-639-1 format.
 	whisper_language = "en",
-	-- Override command to use for recording (does not support options)
+	-- command to use for recording can be nil (unset) for automatic selection
+	-- string ("sox", "arecord", "ffmpeg") or table with command and arguments:
+	-- sox is the most universal, but can have start/end cropping issues caused by latency
+	-- arecord is linux only, but has no cropping issues and is faster
+	-- ffmpeg in the default configuration is macos only, but can be used on any platform
+	-- (see https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop for more info)
+	-- below is the default configuration for all three commands:
+	-- whisper_rec_cmd = {"sox", "-c", "1", "--buffer", "32", "-d", "rec.wav", "trim", "0", "60:00"},
+	-- whisper_rec_cmd = {"arecord", "-c", "1", "-f", "S16_LE", "-r", "48000", "-d", "3600", "rec.wav"},
+	-- whisper_rec_cmd = {"ffmpeg", "-y", "-f", "avfoundation", "-i", ":0", "-t", "3600", "rec.wav"},
 	whisper_rec_cmd = nil,
 
 	-- image generation settings
diff --git a/lua/gp/init.lua b/lua/gp/init.lua
index 8359a4ad..933ff839 100644
--- a/lua/gp/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gp/init.lua
@@ -2785,41 +2785,35 @@ M.Whisper = function(callback)
 		return
 	end
 
+	local rec_file = M.config.whisper_dir .. "/rec.wav"
 	local rec_options = {
 		sox = {
 			cmd = "sox",
 			opts = {
-				-- single channel
 				"-c",
 				"1",
-				-- small buffer
 				"--buffer",
 				"32",
 				"-d",
-				-- output file
-				M.config.whisper_dir .. "/rec.wav",
-				-- max recording time
+				"rec.wav",
 				"trim",
 				"0",
-				M.config.whisper_max_time,
+				"3600",
 			},
 			exit_code = 0,
 		},
 		arecord = {
 			cmd = "arecord",
 			opts = {
-				-- single channel
 				"-c",
 				"1",
 				"-f",
 				"S16_LE",
 				"-r",
 				"48000",
-				-- max recording time
 				"-d",
 				3600,
-				-- output file
-				M.config.whisper_dir .. "/rec.wav",
+				"rec.wav",
 			},
 			exit_code = 1,
 		},
@@ -2833,7 +2827,7 @@ M.Whisper = function(callback)
 				":0",
 				"-t",
 				"3600",
-				M.config.whisper_dir .. "/rec.wav",
+				"rec.wav",
 			},
 			exit_code = 255,
 		},
@@ -2969,6 +2963,8 @@ M.Whisper = function(callback)
 		end)
 	end
 
+	local cmd = {}
+
 	local rec_cmd = M.config.whisper_rec_cmd
 	-- if rec_cmd not set explicitly, try to autodetect
 	if not rec_cmd then
@@ -2984,18 +2980,31 @@ M.Whisper = function(callback)
 			rec_cmd = "arecord"
 		end
 	end
-	if not rec_options[rec_cmd] then
+
+	if type(rec_cmd) == "table" and rec_cmd[1] and rec_options[rec_cmd[1]] then
+		rec_cmd = vim.deepcopy(rec_cmd)
+		cmd.cmd = table.remove(rec_cmd, 1)
+		cmd.exit_code = rec_options[cmd.cmd].exit_code
+		cmd.opts = rec_cmd
+	elseif type(rec_cmd) == "string" and rec_options[rec_cmd] then
+		cmd = rec_options[rec_cmd]
+	else
 		M.error(string.format("Whisper got invalid recording command: %s", rec_cmd))
+        close()
 		return
 	end
+	for i, v in ipairs(cmd.opts) do
+		if v == "rec.wav" then
+			cmd.opts[i] = rec_file
+		end
+	end
 
-	local cmd = rec_options[rec_cmd]
 	M._H.process(nil, cmd.cmd, cmd.opts, function(code, signal, stdout, stderr)
 		close()
 
 		if code and code ~= cmd.exit_code then
 			M.error(
-				rec_cmd
+				cmd.cmd
 					.. " exited with code and signal:\ncode: "
 					.. code
 					.. ", signal: "