Problems when trying to test recording feature in 'openvidu-call' tutorial

[sidarun88]

Was checking out the openvidu-call tutorial and tried to test recording feature (tested on v2.23.0)

Followed instructions as described here to enable recording module for OpenVidu

Docker images used

• openvidu/openvidu-dev:2.23.0
• openvidu/openvidu-recording:2.23.0

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Steps followed

Started the docker image using the following command

docker run -d -p 4443:4443 --rm --name=openvidu-dev -e OPENVIDU_SECRET=MY_SECRET -e OPENVIDU_RECORDING=true -e OPENVIDU_RECORDING_PATH=/path/to/recording/folder -e OPENVIDU_RECORDING_DEBUG=true -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /path/to/recording/folder:/path/to/recording/folder openvidu/openvidu-dev:2.23.0

Then started the node server and client application as instructed here

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Problems faced:

1. Recording starts successfully, but its started state is not reflected back in UI
2. The finished recording available at path/to/recording/folder/session-slug is just a black screen

Any help regarding this will be highly appreciated

[CSantosM]

Hi, it is very strange... do you have any logs for checking them out?

[pabloFuente]

Can you provide the start up logs of openvidu/openvidu-dev container?

[sidarun88]

Just tested it again right now... Here are the logs for openvidu-dev docker image:

openvidu-dev.log

[sidarun88]

~Adding this to provide you with complete picture,~

~I was unable to build and run openvidu-call-front client using provided dependencies. So I updated the dependencies in package.json as follows:~

• ~openvidu-angular: 2.23.0~
• ~@angular/*: ^14.0.0~
• ~ng-packagr: ^14.0.0~
• ~typescript: ^4.4.4~
• ~typedoc: ^0.22.11~

~Also commented out the following line in polyfills.ts~

• ~// import 'core-js/es7/reflect';~

Manged to build and run openvidu-call-front using provided dependencies by following this StackOverflow answer

[sidarun88]

Manged to successfully test recording feature. Followed the steps provided here with slight modifications

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Openvidu deployment container

Ran container with some modifications (added recording related configuration parameters)

docker run -d -p 4443:4443 --rm --name=openvidu-dev -e OPENVIDU_SECRET=MY_SECRET -e DOMAIN_OR_PUBLIC_IP=X.X.X.X -e SERVER_PORT=4443 -e HTTPS_PORT=443 -e FORCE_PLAIN_HTTP=false -e OPENVIDU_RECORDING=true -e OPENVIDU_RECORDING_PATH=/path/to/recording/folder -e OPENVIDU_RECORDING_DEBUG=true -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /path/to/recording/folder:/path/to/recording/folder openvidu/openvidu-dev:2.23.0

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Client application and node server

Followed these steps. Then moved public folder into the dist folder.

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Nginx

Copied nginx.conf from openvidu-hello-world tutorial with slight modifications:

• Removed client-application
• Added /dashboard/ location and proxy it to openvidu-deployment
• Proxy all remaining requests to server-application

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Have saved chrome debug logs and both container logs for both successful and failed runs. If you want I can upload all these logs, if it can help you to pinpoint the issue