Add script to easily setup video recording format

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Fred Dixon 2023-10-10 06:44:49 -04:00
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After you edit the configuration file, you must restart the recording processing queue: `systemctl restart bbb-rap-resque-worker.service` in order to pick up the changes. After you edit the configuration file, you must restart the recording processing queue: `systemctl restart bbb-rap-resque-worker.service` in order to pick up the changes.
The following script will enable the video recording format a BigBlueButton 2.6+ server.
```
!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /etc/bigbluebutton/recording
cat > /etc/bigbluebutton/recording/recording.yml << REC
steps:
archive: "sanity"
sanity: "captions"
captions:
- process:presentation
- process:video
process:presentation: publish:presentation
process:video: publish:video
REC
if ! dpkg -l | grep -q bbb-playback-video; then
apt install -y bbb-playback-video
systemctl restart bbb-rap-resque-worker.service
fi
```
#### Enable generating mp4 (H.264) video output #### Enable generating mp4 (H.264) video output
By default, BigBlueButton generates recording videos as `.webm` files using the VP9 video codec. These are supported in most desktop web browsers, but might not work on iOS mobile devices. You can additionally enable the H.264 video codec in some recording formats (Keep in mind that the following `.yml` files mentioned ahead only exist when the respective format package is installed): By default, BigBlueButton generates recording videos as `.webm` files using the VP9 video codec. These are supported in most desktop web browsers, but might not work on iOS mobile devices. You can additionally enable the H.264 video codec in some recording formats (Keep in mind that the following `.yml` files mentioned ahead only exist when the respective format package is installed):