Saving network streams using vlc

Hi

First let me begin by saying that there is a diffrence between Windows and Linux/Debian/Unix versions and also between versions (for example 0.9x.x) of VLC according to my experience. I'm using VLC 0.9.8a. I have tried this for audio mms streams and audio http streams

1. Saving a stream using menus in windows:

Media->Save/convert->Network tab

Paste an url into address (for example: mms://apollo.vortex.is/UtvarpSaga) protocol comes automatically mms.

Press the Convert/Save button at the bottom. Press the top blue bar of the window if you can't see it.

Select File - > Browse -> create a filename and make sure it ends with .asf

Select Encapsulation asf/wmv, if you want to listen to the recording select Play file locally at the top

Notice the Generated stream output string it´s useful for the command line version.

:sout=#duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=L:\ras1\lau 21 feb kl 17 .asf}}


2. Saving a stream using vlc command line:

vlc -vvv --volume=0 --run-time=3600 mms://apollo.vortex.is/UtvarpSaga :sout=#duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst='L:\usaga\22Feb2009-2.asf'},dst=display} vlc://quit

i build this command line string using trial and error, using google: 'vlc command line', 'vlc quit' etc. But i found out that i had to compare this to "vlc -H" that is asking vlc (command line) for help using -H and reading a file named vlc-help.txt

-vvv : verbose pops up a dialog displaying warnings/errors
--volume-0 sets the volume in play not the file to 0
--run-time : tells it to run for 3600 sec = 2 hours
mms://apollo.vortex.is/UtvarpSaga is the stream i'm recording
:sout=#duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst='L:\usaga\22Feb2009-2.asf'},dst=display} is the Generated stream output string i got from the menu version "make sure the file name is in single quotation marks ' ... '
vlc://quit tells vlc to quit after run-time of 3600 sec = 2 hours

When i had got vlc recording to work with the command line i was able to use Win XP scheduler: Start -> All Programs -> Accesories -> System Tools -> Scheduled Tasks, to schedule automatic recordings.

This will get you started, read the vlc -H : vlc-help.txt for more information

Regards, Sigurdur