Playback does not work when recording path is non-default

[davidrylance]

Dear Mediamtx developers and maintainers,

This is a fantastic project. Thank you!

Which version are you using?

v1.5.1

Which operating system are you using?

• [x] Linux amd64 standard

Describe the issue

I enabled recording and I verified that mp4 files are created and saved.

Then I enabled playback and wanted to use it as:

curl -L  'http://.../list?path=my_cam'

but I got:

ERR [playback] lstat /recordings/my_cam: no such file or directory

in logs.

Describe how to replicate the issue

Please use configuration like this:

playback: yes

pathDefaults:
  record: no
  playback: yes
  recordFormat: fmp4
  recordPartDuration: 100ms
  recordSegmentDuration: 1h
  recordDeleteAfter: 0s

paths:
  my_cam:
    source: 'rtsp://...'
    record: true
    recordPath: '/var/...' # custom
  my_cam2:
    source: 'rtsp://...'
    record: false
    # ...

Let it to save some mp4 files and then run:

curl -L  'http://.../list?path=my_cam'

Did you attach the server logs?

yes

ERR [playback] lstat /recordings/my_cam: no such file or directory

Did you attach a network dump?

no

[aler9]

Hello, i tested your configuration, but in my case everything worked as expected. This is the overall configuration, i used two different recordPaths for two different cameras:

pathDefaults:
  record: no
  playback: yes
  recordFormat: fmp4
  recordPartDuration: 100ms
  recordSegmentDuration: 1h
  recordDeleteAfter: 0s

paths:
  my_camera1:
    source: rtsp://my_camera1
    recordPath: /var/mycamera/%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S-%f

  my_camera2:
    source: rtsp://my_camera2
    recordPath: /lib/mycamera/%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S-%f

if i request camera 1

http://localhost:9996/list?path=my_camera1

the server points to the expected path /var/mycamera

lstat /var/mycamera: no such file or directory

if i request camera 2

http://localhost:9996/list?path=my_camera2

the server points to the expected path /lib/mycamera

lstat /lib/mycamera: no such file or directory

are you able to perform another test? what are the exact values of recordingPath inside your configuration?