Body: <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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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-02-27T18:02:36.147Z
Comments.Text: *"it would be good to have one file for each hour"*. See the [segment muxer](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#segment).
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-03-25T10:12:45.653Z
Comments.Text: 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.
Comments.UserDisplayName: goodie
Tags: <ffmpeg>
Title: Record video 3MP/30 FPS for 9 days
UserDisplayName: johmarjac
ThreadText: # 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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