bin/livedump



#!/bin/sh
#
# Usage: livedump [FORMAT [BASESTEM [SESSIONPATTERN [SEGMENTPATTERN]]]]
#
#   Patterns are fed through "date +PATTERN"
#
# Examples: livedump
#           livedump dv ./dump /%Y%m%d/%H%M%S /%H%M%S
#
#   (examples are effectively identical, the latter showing defaults)
#
# Description: Save live source to file and append if interupted.
# By default captures IEC61883 DVCPRO stream from IEEE1394 (Firewire)
# device, some of which apparently sustaining streams max. 17 minutes.
#
# Depends: ffmpeg
#
# TODO: Add formats mkv and avi, the latter possibly most suitable:
# http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate#binconcat

set -eu

FORMAT=${1:-dv}
BASESTEM=${2:-./dump}
SESSIONPATTERN=${3:-/%Y%m%d/%H%M%S}
SEGMENTPATTERN=${4:-/%H%M%S}

case $FORMAT in
  dv)
    set -- \
        -f iec61883 -i auto \
        -f dv -timecode "$(date +%H:%M:%S.00)" -codec copy
    SUFFIX=dv
    ;;
esac

LINKPATH="$BASESTEM.$SUFFIX"
SESSIONSTEM=$(date +"$SESSIONPATTERN")
SESSIONPATH="$BASESTEM$SESSIONSTEM.$SUFFIX"

mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LINKPATH" "$SESSIONPATH")"
touch "$SESSIONPATH"
[ -z "$LINKPATH" ] | ln -fs "$SESSIONPATH" "$LINKPATH"
while true; do
    SEGMENTSTEM=$(date +"$SEGMENTPATTERN")
    LOGPATH="$BASESTEM$SESSIONSTEM$SEGMENTSTEM.log"
    mkdir -p "$LOGPATH"
    FFREPORT="file=$LOGPATH" \
    ffmpeg -hide_banner "$@" pipe: \
    >> "$SESSIONPATH"
done