Recording Streams

Recording

All incoming streams may be recorded.

Streams may be individually selected for recording by selecting the Start Recording / Stop Recording option in the pop-up menu for the stream (right-click on the Stream ID). This action applies to all selected streams.
Recording on ALL streams may be manually selected by clicking the Rec. heading in the Main window. Pressing this button again stops recording on all streams.
Automatic recording may also be selected from the Recording Options Page.

There are two parts to the specification for the filename: a fixed part and a formatted part. The fixed part is identified as the ‘Base Directory’ in the Recording Options page, and the formatted text as Filename formatting. The use of the ‘\’ character (or '/' in linux) is allowed in the filename format, which allows the user to generate a directory structure to suit their needs.

Previous versions of scream enforced a subdirectory containing the stream ID. This is equivalent to adding “A\” to the start of the filename format field.

Typical variations may be to store the data in subdirectories with the day, month, or year. The sample rate or component type may also be used. It is possible to specify more than one level of subdirectory. For example “M\T\DD_HHNNSS” would store in a monthly directory, then by stream ID. The filename would be the start time of the data contained.

The file name is generated in accordance with the file format specifier in the recording setup options, representing the date and time of the start of the time period for that duration. E.g. if two minute files are specified, then the filenames will represent 10,12,14,16 minutes etc. If three minute files are used, the filenames will represent 3,6,9,12 minutes etc.

Recording continues until a write error occurs, or user command terminates recording. If recording fails, Scream can generate a warning email. The three most common reasons for a write error are:

Disk full. The user has specified ‘Stop on Disk Full’ in the recording options of the setup page.
Disk full. The circular disk file management has failed due to a ‘stuck’ file that it cannot delete. Check that other software is not holding any files open in the sub-tree that Scream is managing.
The Filename format generates non-unique filenames, and a conflict occurs between recording of different streams. For example, if using a ‘flat’ recording structure, users should ensure that there is at least one parameter that identifies streams uniquely (usually using the ‘T’ or ‘A’ parameter).