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Index Recording

index_recording

Build a recording's text timeline (<video>.index.json: OCR per scene, events, markers, transcript) for search_recording.

watchwritesdestructivesince v0.46.0

00:00PARAMETERS
NameTypeDescription
inputstringRecording path.
sessionIdstringOr a stopped session id.
sceneThresholdnumberChange starting a segment (default 0.03). > 0, < 1
maxFramesintegerKeyframes to OCR (default 120). ≥ 1, ≤ 600
transcriptstringAn .srt, or 'whisper' to transcribe. Default: <video>.srt if any.
forcebooleanRe-OCR despite a matching cached index.
00:05A MINIMAL CALL
index_recording {}

The required arguments only, with placeholder values. Everything else takes its default.

00:10WHAT COMES BACK

Structured content (structuredContent), alongside a text summary:

FieldType
indexPath alwaysstring
segments alwaysnumber