Livewire Recorder
Audio Recorder with hourly WAV files from a Livewire Multicast Stream Input with an integrated folderkeeper
Prerequisites Livewire network synchronized, mediamtx ("https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx") for signal distribution, ffmpeg, ntp server(ntpsec, chrony) Enough disk space e.g. NAS mounted
Architecture
- mediamtx for audiosignal
- Prepaired folder structure ../%Y/%m/%d/ e.g. ../2026/01/01/ for ffmpeg output files
- Livewire SDP -> mediamtx->rtsp->ffmpeg-->wav file
- Filename %Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.wav e.g. 2026-01-12_12_00_00.wav
- Systemd control with check of the required mountpoint
Mediamtx config example file with Livewire SDP source Systemd Streamervice example file
systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable recorder.service systemctl start --now recorder.service