Get and publish recordings

[Strong Su]

Hi,

I have some problems about getting the recordings.

I have changed my URL to get the recordings just as what the "API security model" said. https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/API#API_Security_Model

But the response always told me "There are not recordings for the meetings".

When I run "bbb-record --list", it do show me the list of  recordings, but not published yet.

Thank you.

Strong Su

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Strong,

> I have changed my URL to get the recordings

I think what you mean is you've changed the shared secret (salt).  Are you running a version of 0.81? If so, can you try the following

  sudo apt-get update

  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This will install 0.81-RC5.

Then use `bbb-record --list` to search for a recording that is not yet, published, then try rebuilding (reprocessing) the recording

  https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/081RecordAndPlayback#Rebuild_a_recording

and let us know if it publishes.

Regards,... Fred

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[Strong Su]

Thank you for the reply. 

I was following the guide https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/DevelopingBBB.

And I'm running a version of  v0.80.

I got my salt by running 

  bbb-conf --salt

And I didn't change it.

  > I have changed my URL to get the recordings

I mean I have add the checksum with every API calls.

Do I need to change my version to the latest version by

  sudo apt-get update

  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Is there any other way?

Thank you very much,

Strong 

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Strong,

>  > I have changed my URL to get the recordings

> I mean I have add the checksum with every API calls.

Are you writing your own API calls?  If so, can you post the code and we'll see if we can figure out why they don't work.  Also, see

  https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/081API#Testing_API_Calls

Regards,... Fred

[Strong Su]

Thank you, Fred

I am really sorry. I haven't check my meeting info. When I use the "getMeetingInfo" API, the response says

  <recording>false<recording/>

But I still wonder why the command "bbb-record --list" can show the latest record. Does it mean the history of meetings only, not the recordings? 

By the way, I haven't written my own code yet. I am using the API just like http://mconf.github.io/api-mate/, the website you showed me.

Strong

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Strong,

The command

  bbb-record --list

actually shows a list of all meetings, recorded and unrecorded, that occur on the BigBlueButton server, starting from the most recent.  Those meetings that are recorded have a 'X' in the 'R' column, see

  https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/081RecordAndPlayback#Understanding_output_from_bbb-record-watch

The reason it shows everything is to enable you to watch the entire lifecycle of a meeting.   Try running

  bbb-record --watch

and, using the API demos (you need to manually install them if you haven't done so already) start a recorded meeting using demo10.jsp (Record).  You'll see the meeting appear at the top, and as you exit, you'll see BigBlueButton go through the processing of the recording until it's ready for viewing (published).

Regards,... Fred

[Strong Su]

Thank you, Fred

The API demo works, and I'm thinking about where are the problems with the way I used before. 

But there are still some problems with the API demo, it only record the slides without the cursor, the deskshare, the webcam. I tried to edit the 

  /usr/share/red5/webapps/deskshare/WEB-INF/red5-web.xml

But it doesn't work.

Thank you,

Strong

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Strong,

> I tried to edit the 

>   /usr/share/red5/webapps/deskshare/WEB-INF/red5-web.xml

There isn't any need to edit this file in a default BigBlueButton installation. 

> And I'm running a version of  v0.80.

...

> it only record the slides without the cursor, the deskshare, the webcam

That's correct.  To get recording of all events in a session, you need to upgrade to 0.80-RC5.  See

  https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/081InstallationUbuntu

Regards,... Fred

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[Chad Pilkey]

Just a minor correction, you need 0.81-RC5 not 0.80-RC5 for the new record and playback capabilities.

[Strong Su]

Hi Fred,

It seems that I need to re-install BBB because I am running v0.8 on the Ubuntu which is 32bit.

Thank you very much.

You have helped me a lot.

Strong