Limit recordings by max space or min free space

[alex-eri]

Describe the feature

I mount dedicated hard disk to /recordings/ path. Since codec is h264 variable bitrate i can write from 24 to 48 hours in this storage.

I want to server remove old files when no free space for new segment.

[moenodedev]

It's probably easier to delete unneeded files with cron or a periodic task. You can match on filename prefix like /recordings//2023 or timestamp.

[alex-eri]

Already

#!/bin/bash

RECPATH="/mnts/rec_temp"
FREESPACE=$(df --output=avail -B 1 ${RECPATH} | tail -n 1)

if [ ${FREESPACE} -lt 1073741824 ]
then
find "${RECPATH}" -type f -printf "%T@ %p\n" | sort -n | head -n 1 | tee /dev/stderr | cut -d' ' -f2 | xargs  echo rm
else
echo free space ${FREESPACE}
fi

but if mediamtx manages max age i think it can also manage space.

[alex-eri]

#!/bin/bash

RECPATH="/mnts/rec_temp"
FREESPACE=$(df --output=avail -B 1 ${RECPATH} | tail -n 1)

if [ ${FREESPACE} -lt 1073741824 ]
then
find "${RECPATH}" -type f -printf "%T@ %p\n" | sort -n | head -n 1 | tee /dev/stderr | cut -d' ' -f2 | xargs  echo rm
else
echo free space ${FREESPACE}
fi