Record web camera activity in a cron job using VLC.

record.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Record web camera activity in a cron job using VLC.
# This is in a script so that I don't have to go through 
# the vlc man pages again.  Plus, somethings have unexpected
# behavior, such as requiring --run-time and --stop-time
# to be run together so it doesn't hang.

# Camera used:  Foscam FI8910W camer

# Cron
# */30 1,2,3,4,5,6 * * * ~/streams/record.sh 1680 ~/streams/out/ http://admin:@192.168.2.118/videostream.cgi 2>&1 >> ~/streams/record.log

if [ $# -ne 3 ]
then
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` DURATION OUTDIR HTTP_STREAM"
  exit 65
fi

dur=$1
out=${2%/}
stream=$3

runtime=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M)
dst=$out/$runtime.ts

/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -I dummy -v $stream --sout "#standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=$dst}" --http-reconnect --preferred-resolution 240 --run-time $dur --stop-time $dur vlc://quit