Recording RTMP Ingest Streams

Recording using Red5 Pro SDKs is done by setting the streamMode to record or append.

If you are using an RTMP encoder to publish then there are a few ways to initiate a recording.

Red5 Pro Server streams API

One way to initiate a recording of a stream is via the Red5 Pro Server recordLiveStream API and the stopStreamRecord. This can be used for any ingest source, and can be used to record all or just a portion of a live broadcast.

The recordLiveStream API can also be used to append a recording, or can be used to save an FLV recording with a name that is different than the source stream.

broadcaststream.auto.record

If you want to produce an FLV and an HLS recording of you stream, then modify the red5pro/conf/red5.proprties broadcaststream.auto.record value from false to true. This modification will force a recording of all incoming streams. There is no append option with this setting.

You will need to restart your red5pro service for this setting to take effect.

HLS forceVODRecord

If you wish only to capture HLS recordings for all of your incoming streams, then modify red5pro/conf/hlsconfig.xml, changing <property name="forceVODRecord" value="false"/> to <property name="forceVODRecord" value="true"/>.

You will need to restart your red5pro service for this setting to take effect.