Foscam FFMPEG video + audio streamsaver

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Foscam FFMPEG video + audio streamsaver

Small mini application for recording BOTH the video and audio stream of a Foscam IP camera.

Installation

1. Copy camera.service to /etc/systemd/system/camera.service
2. Copy record.sh to a place you prefer.
3. Change values in both your copied files according to the specs listed below.
4. Restart the service daemon by running sudo systemctl daemon-reload
5. Start the service by running sudo systemctl start camera.service
6. Enable the service at startup by running sudo systemctl enable camera.service

Values to change

camera.service

• WorkingDirectory: Folder to save video files to
• ExecStart: Path to the shellscript

record.sh

• yourusername: Username used for Foscam camera access
• yourpassword: Pasword used for Foscam camera access
• camip: LAN IP address of the camera (Port should probably remain on 88)
• -segment_time: 1800
• -stimeout: TCP I/O timeout in microseconds (3000000 = 3 seconds)
• camera_%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.mkv: Output filename using time and datestamps

camera.service

[Unit]
Description=Video Recorder
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/save/video/files
ExecStart=/bin/bash /path/to/script/record.sh
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
KillMode=mixed

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

record.sh

#!/bin/bash

ffmpeg -rtsp_transport tcp \
	-stimeout 3000000 \
	-i rtsp://yourusername:yourpassword@camip:88/videoMain \
	-i rtsp://yourusername:yourpassword@camip:88/audio \
	-f segment \
	-segment_time 1800 \
	-vsync vfr \
	-reset_timestamps 1 \
	-c copy \
	-strftime 1 \
	camera_%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.mkv