Auto Record ONLY when 2nd person enters a meeting

[Stephen Waters]

Hi BBB Team.

I'm using the latest 2.7.1 version:  Would it be possible to add a feature where this auto-record feature kicks in only when the 2nd person enters the meeting?

We have tutors entering the meetings 5 minutes before the students start entering the meetings, so it's wasted recording time, especially when students re-watch the recordings.

bigbluebutton.properties file: 

# Start recording when first user joins the meeting.
autoStartRecording=false

# Start recording when 2nd user joins the meeting.
autoStartRecording2orMore=true   (something like this)

Regards

Steve

[DistanceLearning.cloud]

this could be implemented with a simple post_events.rb script... in 2.6 .27 with no api mods.

scan the events.xml if more than one user,  set the start recording timestamp to the second user join timestamp

the recordings would then process from 2 person join.   If teacher only one joining... the whole meeting records which allows teacher to create recordings ahead of time.

the script could also look at the create metadata for autoStartRecording2orMore=true if you want to have per meeting control but not needed.

regards,

Stephen

[DistanceLearning.cloud]

Just did quick test.  found the Record Status event, and the 2nd user join,  then changed the timestamps and did a bbb-conf --rebuild and the recording starts from second user join.

<event timestamp="6362324440" module="PARTICIPANT" eventname="RecordStatusEvent">
    <date>2023-09-29T11:38:54.684Z</date>
    <status>true</status>
    <userId>w_xkvm8htslnjq</userId>
    <timestampUTC>1695987534684</timestampUTC>
  </event>

 <event timestamp="6362361368" module="PARTICIPANT" eventname="ParticipantJoinEvent">
    <name>firefox</name>
    <role>VIEWER</role>
    <date>2023-09-29T11:39:31.612Z</date>
    <externalUserId>w_euxab1mbtbtg</externalUserId>
    <userId>w_euxab1mbtbtg</userId>
    <timestampUTC>1695987571612</timestampUTC>
  </event>

[DistanceLearning.cloud]

typo last post should be bbb-record --rebuild 

[Stephen Waters]

Thanks @DistanceLearning.cloud

Thanks for looking into this.  I'm not that technical, so maybe I misunderstood you here. It sounds like you are processing the fix after the lesson was recorded, not before.  Is that right?

Regards

Steve

[sd...@distancelearning.cloud]

You can modify the recording processing to automate this.  Its ruby code and flexible.   I tested the post process to make sure it works, but ideally the change would be inline to events, prior to the processing and publishing phases.

 

Ideally the feature you requested could be behind a flag and part of the api someday. But that requires someone add an enhancement request to the issue tracker, and document the requirements.

 

Regards,

Stephen

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