Start recording via API possible? Alternatives?

[rhmunich]

I understand that you can only get or set the configuration of recordings but not start/trigger recordings via API.

Is there a real technical obstacle that prevents API to start recordings or does Reolink just not support this feature for whatever reason?
Are there any plans from Reolink to support this feature?

Starting recordings via API would be such a game-changing feature (which other camera manufacturers seem to provide). As alternative, I use ffmpeg to record the stream. Are there more elegant alternatives available?