Recording Modes and States

Note: The following information is only relevant when using the native recording features of Channel Recorder.

The first time Channel Recorder runs, it will have the schedule state. Channel Recorder supports three modes of recordings: schedule, loop and crash. All three modes share the same timeline and writers, thus some kind of logic is needed to avoid conflicting each other operations. The following logic applies:

Crash and loop have the same level of priority:

When a crash recording is running a loop recording can not be started.
When a loop recording is running a crash recording can not be started.

Source Recording Mode	Target Recording Mode	Action	Output Mode
Crash	Loop	Not possible	Crash
Crash	Schedule	Deferred until stopped	Crash
Crash	Crash	Stop the active recording and start another recording	Crash
Loop	Crash	Not possible	Loop
Loop	Schedule	Deferred until stopped	Loop
Loop	Loop	Stop the active recording and start another recording	Loop
Schedule	Loop	Suspend existing entries and timeline	Loop
Schedule	Crash	Suspend existing entries and timeline	Crash
Schedule	Schedule	Attempt to add to the timeline	Schedule

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Recording Modes and States

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