<p>I am a Software Engineer but my knowledge on cameras and/or codecs is very limited. I know that recording a video 9 days on 3 MP and 30 FPS would generate a huge file (probably 60 TB+). So compressing the video with an encoder is probably what I need here. I am mainly developing on the .NET Platform. I found ffmpeg to be able to encode existing videos but also Live Input from Webcams or industrial cameras. 
However I am asking how I can achieve this type of task and what I have to take care of. Do you have any tips on this? </p>

<p>My aim would be to generate a video over a time of 9 days in total. Maybe the video cannot be in one file, but I think it would be good to have one file for each hour or something like this. Is that possible?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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2019-02-27T18:02:36.147Z
*"it would be good to have one file for each hour"*. See the [segment muxer](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#segment).
llogan
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2019-03-25T10:12:45.653Z
What is the purpose of the video? If you are capturing for machine analysis, a perceptual codec designed for humans may not work for you.
goodie
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Record video 3MP/30 FPS for 9 days
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# Record video 3MP/30 FPS for 9 days

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-27)

I am a Software Engineer but my knowledge on cameras and/or codecs is very limited. I know that recording a video 9 days on 3 MP and 30 FPS would generate a huge file (probably 60 TB+). So compressing the video with an encoder is probably what I need here. I am mainly developing on the .NET Platform. I found ffmpeg to be able to encode existing videos but also Live Input from Webcams or industrial cameras.
However I am asking how I can achieve this type of task and what I have to take care of. Do you have any tips on this?

My aim would be to generate a video over a time of 9 days in total. Maybe the video cannot be in one file, but I think it would be good to have one file for each hour or something like this. Is that possible?

Thanks in advance

**Tags:** ffmpeg

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: *"it would be good to have one file for each hour"*. See the [segment muxer](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#segment).  
> **username_2**: What is the purpose of the video? If you are capturing for machine analysis, a perceptual codec designed for humans may not work for you.  

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