[SOLVED] Record WMV streams with VLC 1.1.11

Geremia · 09-11-2011, 01:55 AM

How does one record a WMV/WMA stream with VLC 1.1.11? This tutorial assumes an older version of VLC; VLC 1.1.11 doesn't have a record button or an ability to save streams that I know of. Thanks

Geremia · 09-11-2011, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Geremia

How does one record a WMV/WMA stream with VLC 1.1.11? This tutorial assumes an older version of VLC; VLC 1.1.11 doesn't have a record button or an ability to save streams that I know of. Thanks

I had to save the stream to a file and then export the stream to an ASF file. Then it worked!

Geremia · 09-11-2011, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geremia

How does one record a WMV/WMA stream with VLC 1.1.11? This tutorial assumes an older version of VLC; VLC 1.1.11 doesn't have a record button or an ability to save streams that I know of. Thanks

Actually, this worked the best because there was no recompression (transcoding), as long as the input stream matches the codec:

Code:

vlc http://url.of.WMV.file.com/WMV_file.asx --sout=file/asf:out.asf --sout-display

" --sout-display" will display the stream as it records it to the out.asf file. Cf. this and this.