rtsp-recorder

A very basic/simple RTSP recorder for Linux

Requirements

• ffmpeg
• User and group called camrec (only for standard installation, but it's recommended)

Build & Installation

Build

• Run build.sh

Standard installation

• Put the built binary in /opt/bin
• Create each RTSP Stream config in /opt/etc/rtsp-recorder/<alias>.conf
• Put the systemd config in /etc/systemd/system
• (Optional) Create a directory for the recordings in /var/rec
• Start/Enable the services for each alias

"I want the commands, mate"

chmod +x build.sh
./build.sh

mkdir -p /opt/bin /opt/etc/rtsp-recorder /var/rec
cp dist/rtsp-recorder /opt/bin
cp configs/rtsp-recorder@.service /etc/systemd/system
nano /opt/etc/rtsp-recorder/alias.conf # And write the config there
systemctl enable rtsp-recorder@alias --now

Config example

#CAMERA_ALIAS=alias     # This is not necessary with the standard config because it's defined in the systemd service
RECORDING_TIME=10       # Duration of the recordings, in minutes
RECORDING_TIMEOUT=60    # Timeout for gratefull stop, in seconds
SAVING_PATH=/var/rec    # Path to save the recordings
RTSP_URL='rtsp://user:pass@127.0.0.1:554/stream'    # RTSP stream URL
VERBOSE=false           # Verbose output