Simple Upstart Service to record incoming UDP streams into time-stamped files.

udp_stream_recorder.conf

# Service definition for Upstart, put into /etc/init

description "Record TS stream from VGADVIRecorder"

start on started autofs
stop on stopping autofs

respawn
# who else will have access
umask 0000
# where to store the videos
chdir /nfs/some.nas.server/some/path/videos
# create video files as
setuid nobody
setgid nogroup

console log

script
    while
		socat -ly -lpudp_stream_recorder -T 5 -u \
		    UDP-RECV:6002,range=1.2.3.4/32 \
		    EXEC:'perl -MDate\:\:Format -w -n -e open($FILE,">:raw",time2str("%Y-%m-%d_%k-%M-%S.ts",time))unless(defined($FILE)); -e syswrite($FILE,$_);'
	do
		:
	done

end script