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I think I finally got it. vlc -vvv https://nhkwlive-ojp.akamaized.net/hls/live/2003459/nhkwlive-ojp-en/index.m3u8 -I dummy ^ --sout=#standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=E:\\Capture\\%datetimeG%.ts} ^ --run-time 1200 --stop-time=1200 vlc://quit This copied one AVC video stream, three ACC audio streams, a...

Things are both better and worse. I have changed my batch procedure to this: set datetimef=%date:~-4%_%date:~3,2%_%date:~0,2%-%time:~0,2%_%time:~3,2%_%time:~6,2% set datetimeG=VLC_Record_%datetimef: =0% TIMEOUT /T 10 /NOBREAK vlc -vvv https://nhkwlive-ojp.akamaized.net/hls/live/2003459/nhkwlive-ojp-...

Maybe I need to ask a different question: am I asking for the right thing? I'm assuming that VLC uses start time for the time of day. I have now realized that this probably isn't correct. If I'm reading a stream, does --start-time start at the point where VLC started reading the stream and wait that...

I've done more tests, but every time I think I'm making progress something else fails. I've done several tests with this: vlc -vvv https://stream.m3u8 -I dummy ^ --network-caching=1000 --start-time=41400.000 --stop-time=44000.000 --run-time 4400 ^ --sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=5500,scale=Auto,aco...

I have another question. When I create a stream using the GUI, it says i can copy the commands and use them in the command line. In my latest test, I did a copy and paste to a file, and got this (in this test I did not specify a start or end time): :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=1500,scale=Auto,aco...

Thanks for your reply. I have been doing more tests. For the moment, I'm concentrating on getting one timer to work by setting it up within VLC's GUI as described in the superuser article. I have been able to get it to work partially: but the only combination is to record in MPEG-2 video, MPEGA audi...

I'm begging for help here, I'm getting severe anxiety because I'm copying command lines from the documentation and can't get them to work. My goal is to record a stream at a given time. There are examples of this, which I have tried to follow, but none of the steps work for me. I'm probably making a...

The URL for IPTV recorder given above is apparently no longer valid. Does anyone have an updated link? The only links are for adding it to Android or Kodi without giving a link to the actual plugin.

Could someone at least please explain how to get the documentation? Maybe it's just me, but when I go do GitHub I cannot find a way to get the documentation now matter how long I look or what I try. Without the documentation it's absolutely impossible to make any sense out of what I see here or even...

A follow-up. I de-installed VLC 3.0.20 I installed VLC 3.0.18, reset all preferences, and made sure the correct LUA file was present. (I did an in-place upgrade so I never downloaded 3.0.19.) It now plays most of the entries on my playlist. The ones that don't play have probably had their URL change...

There appears to be a new problem with Youtube. Today I loaded my M3U playlist into VLC, and it would not play any of the videos from Youtube. I can load the same M3U playlist into MPC-HC and PotPlayer: many links are "broken", but several still play normally. I have even tried going to Yo...

Let me try explaining the problem to you in another way. It doesn't matter how shiny the paint is on your car, or if you have heated leather seats if the engine doesn't start or the brakes don't work. Does this explain why you need to make the playlist of URLs work properly first, and worry about lo...

I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree with both of your statements. What people expect FIRST is that the playlist will work. If you change the URL so it doesn't work anymore, THAT is what will upset people. The meta-data is not only not needed to view the stream: in this case, it is actively preventing...

If VideoLAN needs our support, then I think it's only fitting that we get your support. I see several open topics (including, I must state, one in which I have a current interest) where users are asking what I see as perfectly reasonable questions; and we are NOT getting any sort of response from th...

I thought I posted this earlier today, but apparently something went wrong. It hasn't shown up, and I haven't received any error messages. I believe I have found a way to put URLs for Youtube live streams into the Media Library and have them remain in the proper format. I created an M3u file manuall...

Thanks, but that just reinforces my questions: why does VLC add all that unnecessary baggage to a playlist or media folder entry, and how do I get rid of it and just have the URL (which does not expire) stored in a play list or in the Media Folder?

It looks like the text I copied from the message window and the log file was filtered out: perhaps for size. If you need this information to diagnose the problem, please let me know how I can present it here for others to read. I don't see anything that says I can attach a log file or preserve the m...

I'm not sure if this should be a separate topic, but it does involve Youtube live streams. Since I put in the fix, I can play live streams. For example, if I enter this URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9_jZVECcjY VLC will play it. It also shows up in the Playlist, as expected. I would like to be...

As I stated in my most recent post, the instructions worked for me. Also, if you can use the Windows command line, yt-dlp is again downloading youtube videos. It will also download the captions / subtitles if there are any. For VLC to work, you have to get the lua file from a version of VLC newer th...

I had the same problem, and tried replacing the youtube.lua file to no effect. I downloaded the most recent V4 daily, thinking that I could run that and see if it worked. Big, big, BIG mistake. I don't know exactly what it did, but after trying to run it, V3.0.18 didn't work right. (No, I didn't ins...

I'm seeing a problem that I have not seen mentioned here before. I have a WMV file which apparently is encoded in an old interlacing scheme. I've seen people say they can't play files like this with VLC. My problem is, the file DOES play through VLC: but VLC will not convert the file to a different ...

I'm seeing what I believe is the same problem. I'm very surprised that this problem has been reported for so long in VLC, on various platforms, but never answered. I have VLC set for Video Auto Scaling. On videos which are smaller than the size of my monitor, VLC sizes itself to fit the video, which...

I did some research and changed my command line to: vlc -vvv --meta-artist="Robert Benchley" --meta-genre="Comedy" -I dummy --dummy-quiet --stop-time 3 "q:\Videos\G-PG-R\Comedy\Benchley 'How To' shorts\How to Behave.avi" vlc://quit This is a little better, there is no v...

I also need to edit a lot of media files to add Genre and maybe other metadata. For me, it looks like it will be easier to generate a file list and create the command line to do the change. So I tried this: vlc -verbose=2 --meta-artist="Robert Benchley" --meta-genre="Comedy" &quo...

VLC wasn't playing AVI / XVID files either, which is a new fault. I tried to go back to 3.0.7.1 64 bit, and 3.0.5 64 bit but the installers refused to do that. I used Revo to completely uninstall VLC, then installed 3.0.3 32 bit. I can now play all of my video files again. The fault now clearly lies...