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I want to open VLC FAST. When there is an "event" I want to push out a command to open a VLC window on a security camera. Currently it takes over 15 seconds to open a session. Is there a way to have VLC open faster, ie turn off some features or buffering or something so that it opens and d...

I am trying to open a security camera stream on demand, ie when another application says it detects something... My Current command line -WORKS- but is slow to open, and opens a HUGE windows as it is a High res camera. Is there any way to speed up how VLC opens and control the target window size? My...

I have several Foscam security cameras that I am using VLC to display. Everything has been working fine, UNTIL I added newer cameras. With the newer 4Mp camera, VLC is VERY slow to start, and opens with a pixilated screen which slowly clears. When I go back to the lower res cameras, everything is fi...

I FINALLY was able to crack the code on my outdoor IP camera... Got the URL that gives me a snapshot JPG ... When I went to use the same method to capture the Video URL I learned it was a continuous series of Snapshots or "GETs" and there was -no- true video stream. Can VLC view such a non...

I got my video storage to work. It now takes a 30 second clip and puts it where I want it and then cleanly exits. The command line gets triggered when my driveway alarm goes off.... Now the trick is to take pictures on 1-2 second intervals rather than video and save the space.... My command line for...

Ok, sorry for all the messages, but I have the time today, so been reading, typing, reading, and trying lots... Got the stream to Record AND display Got the Time and Date into the FileName Got it to record only 30 seconds BUT When I go to play the recording back in Media Player, they are only 3-4 se...

GOT IT
(Thanks Wiki, but it took 2 days of searching and trial & Error)

My Final command was

vlc rtsp://192.168.1.128:554/12 --sout=file,dst="C:\temp\%y-%m-%d-%Hh-%Mm DrivewayClip.mpg"

For me the final format was: vlc rtsp://192.168.1.128:554/12 --sout=file,dst="C:\temp\%y-%m-%d-%Hh -%Mm DrivewayClip.mpg" and that created a file name of "2014-07-16-08h-20m DrivewayClip" I am not worried about seconds as each of my video clips is at least 1 min long and has the ...

OK, I am getting closer by trial and error I can record my driveway camera stream on command with VLC rtsp://192.168.1.128:554/12 --sout=file/ps:"c:\record\go.mpg" BUT...it overwrites the file each time, I want to add a suffix (or prefix) to the file name so that I can keep a history.... H...

OK...I am getting closer by trial and error vlc rtsp://192.168.1.128:554/12 --sout=file/ps:"C:record\go.mpg" Works....Yea. It puts the recorded file in the right place, I just can't see it live at the same time without opening another session, but I can do that.... Last question...is how t...

Ok... I found the Wiki I tried a couple of commands like VLC --sout file/ps:go.mpg rstp://192.168.1.128/554/12 and VLC rstp://192.168.1.128/554/12 --sout file/ps:go.mpg I get a blank VLC session, and it is NOT recording... VLC rstp://192.168.1.128/554/12 by itself opens the right stream , so why can...

I have a created a pop-up" event on my desktop so when a specific signal is on my network, it opens a VLC window with my driveway camera. I have another event that kills the process, closing the window. Is there a Command line method that I can RECORD the short 30 second session on my computer?...