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Micropvr_control

micropvr_control is a standard management and monitoring tool for micropvr. Requires the JSON RPC API enabled.

Example of use (getting a list of record files for a channel with ID 4):

micropvr_control -H 127.0.0.1 -f get_records -a 4 -d
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Arguments for launching micropvr_control

  • -hh - make a brief statement.
  • -V - get a version.
  • -H - micropvr API host. If the option is not set, 127.0.0 will be used. 1.
  • -p - micropvr API port. If the option is not set, 4089 will be used.
  • -q “silent mode”: do not display messages in the standard stream.
  • -d Debugging mode: print the response from the server into a standard stream as JSON documents.
  • - do not request confirmation for removal and cancellation operations.
  • -f - the name of the API function. The list of functions is given below.
  • - Unnamed arguments of the function. Set in a strictly defined order through the space.
  • -AAH Named arguments of the function. Set in any order through a space in the format name_argument=argument. For example, -A channel_ID=8 record_location=/tmp/pvr. Argument names are case sensitive.

No more than one option should be indicated - or -AAH. Otherwise, correct behavior is not guaranteed.

Micropvr_control functions

List of records

Command name and parameters: get_records [channel_id].

It displays a list of record files for channel_id. If channel_id is not specified, it displays all records files.

Cancellation of channel recording

Command name and parameters: cancel_task channel_id [record_location].

Cancels all running tasks for the channel ID channel_id and record_location directory. If record_location is not set, it cancels all tasks for a given channel.

Deletion of records

Command name and parameters: delete_records [timestamp] [channel_id].

Deletes files that are not actively recorded for channel_id and whose recording was started no later than timestamp. If channel_id and timestamp are not specified, it deletes all records.

Deletion of obsolete records

Command name and parameters: delete_records_days ndays [channel_id].

Deletes files that are not actively recorded for channel_id in the oldest days. If channel_id is not specified, it deletes all records from the oldest days.