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Just to add more to the information: This problem never occurs if I use an on-demand stream (not live).

According to this post, the timeout option is hardcoded and can't be changed. https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=100357 Is it that you get a disconnection and you don't want it to ever time out? Have you tried using the ":loop" parameter? When VLC terminates the stream, the...

The most likely with a batch file not working is because of special characters.

I would setup VLC to output a log file so you can see what VLC received as command, just in case that CMD.exe cut off part of your string because of special characters.

Long time user of VLC, first time to need some help :p I frequently record HLS streams of live hockey games. For those who ask: I have a hockeystreams account. I have setup VLC to record the stream to a .TS file which I can play with another instance of VLC simultatenously to the recording process, ...