Well, cancel Q2, this, mostly stolen from another thread here, is working. cvlc "http://cbcmp3.ic.llnwd.net/stream/cbcmp3_cbc_r2_tor" --sout "#duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=file,mux=mp3,dst=/home/jogl/audio/"$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S).mp3"}}" --run-time=10 vlc://qu...