Record directly to an iOS device?

[Tim99]

This may be a bit strange, but has anyone thought about recording directly to an iOS device? Current iPads have a storage capacity of 256GB - 2TB and have powerful processors. Might it be possible to set up a recorder App using the macOS Silicon DRV? I’d buy a subscription for that.

[racameron]

Limitations only allow the apps to work while in the foreground/active. Such a limitation would make a DVR basically useless, as the iPad would need to be constantly on, with the DVR app always running and active, never allowing the device to sleep; who wants that?

[Tim99]

Yes, I think you are right. The BGProcessingTask is limited to short periods. It might be possible to schedule a recording at a time when the iOS device is not in use and bring it to the foreground, but Auto-Lock would need to be off, and the device may need to be charging…

[Fofer]

I doubt this would happen for a host of reasons, most stated above.

But one thing on the roadmap the devs have mentioned is automatic downloads to mobile devices:

Beta: Downloads and Offline Playback

This is definitely something that has crossed our minds. Now that we have the client list of recently active clients in the DVR interface it will be easier for us to do this. We also have some capabilities to initiate some of those downloads in the background. We would be at the mercy of Apple's Background Task APIs, so it wouldn't be immediate, but it would be possible if you queued up some downloads that it would be done over night. This is also something that we're looking at for the futur…