Building a Stream Recorder With AI

BySteve Carl

Scarlco Stream Recorder began with a practical question: how can I reliably record and review a live stream?

The simple answer is FFmpeg. The more interesting answer is everything around it.

Scheduling matters. Storage matters. Retention matters. Logs matter. Status matters. Recovery matters. Review matters.

A recorder that technically records but gives the operator no confidence is only half a tool.

Working with AI and Codex has made it easier to explore the larger shape of the application: not just capture, but operation.

That is where the project gets interesting.

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