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Mixed-stream recording

Last updated:2022-03-31 18:40

We currently support the following cloud recording modes:

  • Single-stream recording: All the audio, video streams, and whiteboard recordings in a room are recorded in separate files.

  • Mixed-stream recording: The audio, video streams, and whiteboard recordings in a room are recorded in a single file.

This document describes how to implement mixed-stream recording by using the cloud recording APIs.

Implementation

To use the mixed-stream recording, call the StartRecord method, and set the RecordMode parameter to 2.

You can select the format of the recorded file as needed by setting the OutputFileFormat parameter to mp4, flv, or hls.

For instance, set the OutputFileFormat parameter to mp4, and the generated recordings are varies based on the content to be recorded:

Content to be recorded Parameter Recorded file
Audio only Set StreamType to "1" The audio streams of all stream IDs are recorded in a single mp4 file.
Video only Set StreamType to "2" The video streams and whiteboard recordings of all stream IDs are recorded in a single mp4 file.
Audio and video (mixed) Set StreamType to "3" The audio, video streams, and the whiteboard recordings of all stream IDs are recorded in a single mp4 file.
Record audio and video (separate) Set StreamType to "4" The audio, video streams, and the whiteboard recordings of all stream IDs are recorded in an mp4 and an aac file. The mp4 file contains the video and whiteboard data, and the aac file contains the audio data.

In the mixed-stream recording, you will need to set the resolution, frame rate, bitrate of the output video with the MixOutputVideoConfig parameter. We recommend you refer to the following table:

  • Higher resolution is not always better. We recommend not to set a higher resolution than the original video stream; otherwise, the final recorded file may be blurry.
  • The resolution here refers to the resolution of the video canvas in mixed-stream recording mode, and its aspect ratio does not need to be consistent with the original video. The aspect ratio of the user video image in the output video depends on the aspect ratio of the video canvas and the mixed-stream layout.
  • The bitrates in the following table vary according to different scenarios. A larger bitrate is usually required in live streaming scenarios to improve video quality, which is about twice that of the communications scenario.
Resolution (width * height) Frame rate (fps) Bitrate for communications (bps) Bitrate for live streaming (bps)
160 * 120 15 65,000 130,000
120 * 120 15 50,000 100,000
320 * 180 15 140,000 280,000
180 * 180 15 100,000 200,000
240 * 180 15 120,000 240,000
320 * 240 15 200,000 400,000
240 * 240 15 140,000 280,000
424 * 240 15 220,000 440,000
640 * 360 15 400,000 800,000
360 * 360 15 260,000 520,000
640 * 360 30 600,000 1,200,000
360 * 360 30 400,000 800,000
480 * 360 15 320,000 640,000
480 * 360 30 490,000 980,000
640 * 480 15 500,000 1,000,000
480 * 480 15 400,000 800,000
640 * 480 30 750,000 1,500,000
480 * 480 30 600,000 1,200,000
848 * 480 15 610,000 1,220,000
848 * 480 30 930,000 1,860,000
640 * 480 10 400,000 800,000
1280 * 720 15 1,130,000 2,260,000
1280 * 720 30 1,710,000 3,420,000
960 * 720 15 910,000 1,820,000
960 * 720 30 1,380,000 2,760,000
1920 * 1080 15 2,080,000 4,160,000
1920 * 1080 30 3,150,000 6,300,000

Sample request

  • Content-type: application/json;charset=utf-8

The request example of StartRecord is as follows:

{
    "RoomId": "xxxx",
    "RecordInputParams": {
        "RecordMode": 2,
        "StreamType": 3,
        "MaxIdleTime": 60,
        "MixConfig": {
            "MixMode": 2,
            "MixOutputStreamId": "mix",
            "MixOutputVideoConfig": {
                    "Width": 1280, 
                    "Height": 720, 
                    "Fps": 15, 
                    "Bitrate": 1130000
            }
        }
    },
    "RecordOutputParams": {
        "OutputFileFormat": "mp4",
        "OutputFolder": "record/"
    },
    "StorageParams": {
        "Vendor": 2,
        "Region": "oss-xxxx",
        "Bucket": "xxxx",
        "AccessKeyId": "xxxx",
        "AccessKeySecret": "xxxx"
    }
}
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