Set Automatic Recording

[markosjal]

I am Running VLC 1.0.2 Goldeneye on Linux Mint 8 (ubuntu 9). I want to make an automated recording every night. I have finally learned how I can do this using the GUI , and I never had luck recording as an MP3, so I will settle for a wma, which means I use the ASF/WMV container with Direct stream copy checkbox in the GUI, and the recording is as good as the original broadcast. I would prefer however to transcode live to mp3, but it seems to not work from the GUI.

My question is how Can I start a recording every night for four hours while I sleep? I do not want to have to stop the recording in 4 hours.

I can probably construct a command to do this and possibly a Cron much like this
08, 00 * * * cvlc <-options>

the stream Lets say is
http://player.radio/live/PubPoint.asx

And I want to save the stream to
/media/NAS

I need to stop the stream after four hours. I worry that if I issue another cvlc command, I will not affect the running clvc to stop it. I therefore believe that the single command must include the command to stop after 4 hours.

I would also like to be able to Listen to it while it is recording.

How can I construct this command with the appropriate options?

Thanks,