Recording Status in Channel Layout

Pearl & Pearl-2 General
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I’m looking for a simple way to indicate whether One Touch Recording is active or not on a channel layout. For example, a monitor connected to output 2 could show the selected camera as well as an overlay that says “RECORDING”. I’m sure I could use the web APIs, but I was hoping there’s a text overlay shortcut or some other way to indicate it (like a recording timecode).

I thought I had figured it our by configuring a “RECORDING” graphic channel and streaming it so it would show up in another channel, but non-server streaming doesn’t seem to be controlled by One Touch Recording :roll_eyes:.

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Sorry to say, but there really isn’t any way to indicate on a monitor output the recording status of a channel. To monitor the status you would have to use the web ui, touchscreen, or our API.

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Would it be possible to get some sample code meant to do that?

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You can find documentation on our HTTP API for our Pearl 2 in the online user guide here: https://www.epiphan.com/userguides/pearl-2/Content/UserGuides/Streaming/maintenance/thirdPartyConfig/man_br_3rdParty_controlling_with_http.htm

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For anyone trying to do this, you would need to script something like the following pairs of commands to start recording/indicating:
“http://[IP ADDRESS]/admin/channel2/set_params.cgi?rec_enabled=on” (turns recording on) & “http://[IP ADDRESS]/admin/set_variables.cgi?RecStat=RECORDING”, where “%(RecStat)” is the text variable you’re using in the channel overlay.

To stop recording/indicating, use something like this pair of commands: “http://[IP ADDRESS]/admin/channel2/set_params.cgi?rec_enabled=off” (turns recording off) & “http://[IP ADDRESS]/admin/set_variables.cgi?RecStat=not%20recording”

You can also retrieve the recording status with this command: “http://[IP ADDRESS]/admin/channel2/get_params.cgi?rec_enabled”

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Yes good point! Your use of the variables within the text overlays here is a great example!