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Hi! I'd like to the ability to run some code when the timestamp of a file has been reached (i.e. trigger an alert) How can this be achieved? I was looking at this https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-vlc-mediaplayer-getting-current-media-time/ However, I feel like I'm really looking for some kind of...

SOLVED: This was due to me trying to capture a .m3u8. M3u8s are just text files for playlists containing actual links. Thus, vlc would miss some data causing the choppiness. I solved this by using ffmpeg and everything works great.

I should add that I'm saving the stream to an external HDD and that I'm playing the video back on a Macbook Air (upon downloading it from the Pi)

Hi, I'm automating saving of streams on my Pi2 B+ using cron. The command I use is "cvlc stream.m3u8 --sout=file/ts:foo.mpg --run_time 3600" This works correctly in that the resulting video file gets created and is playable (again through vlc). However, a few things are off.. Segments of t...