recording

Recording Plugin

Recording orchestration and archive scheduling. Pro plugin.

Requires: Basic license tier or higher. nself license set nself_pro_...

Install

nself license set nself_pro_xxxxx...
nself plugin install recording

What It Does

Orchestrates recording of live streams and scheduled broadcasts. Triggered by the epg plugin recording rules or manual API calls. Manages recording jobs, monitors progress, and archives completed recordings to MinIO. Provides hooks for post-processing (transcoding, thumbnail generation) after a recording completes.

Configuration

Env Var	Default	Description
RECORDING_PORT	3092	Recording service port
RECORDING_OUTPUT_BUCKET	none	MinIO bucket for recordings
RECORDING_MAX_DURATION	14400	Max recording duration in seconds
RECORDING_AUTO_TRANSCODE	false	Auto-transcode after recording

Ports

Port	Purpose
3092	Recording orchestration REST API

Database Tables

3 tables added to your Postgres database:

• np_recording_jobs: recording job queue and status
• np_recording_archives: completed recording archive index
• np_recording_schedules: scheduled recording configurations

Nginx Routes

None, recording is an internal orchestration service.