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Does anyone know how to record a file with 2 or more video streams? I can open a multi-video-stream AVI file and record it as a multi-stream MOV file, so I know that VLC can write files with multiple video streams. But how could a record a multi video-stream file in which the video streams come from...

Does the file contain two video streams? That is what would happen if this were the case.

Hi, I want to record a live stream as an AVI file, but that doesn't seem to be an option. The VLC documents have screenshots of the "Stream Output" dialogue where you can choose AVI as your encapsulation method....but my "Stream Output" dialogue doesn't have AVI as an option. Is ...

Oh okay, I've found the command line way of doing it....I didn't realize that "vlc --longhelp --advanced" didn't let you view all the options, but I found a listing of all the command line options in the VideoLan Wiki. I've found that "vlc --video-x <integer> --video-y <integer> <file...

Does anyone know a way of pausing live streams? So that you could be receiving a stream from an RTSP source or camera, and could then pause it for 20 seconds and then continue watching from where you paused it. Obviously the data would be written to a file or cache. DirectShow provides a way of doin...

Hi, I'm trying to shift the position of the video window on the screen. I've tried altering the "Video X/Y Coordinate" under Video -Advanced Options, but this doesn't seem to do anything (although all the other options in this section seem to work). Is there something I'm missing? Incident...

I've read previous posts on this topic but I'm still unclear: We're making an application that allows people to record video and then bookmark certain events in the video and write them to a database. We then provide tools for cataloguing and searching the events, exporting information to spreadshee...

When you open the stream, check the "Stream Output" box and then click on "Settings". Under "Output methods" you can choose "File" and put in the file name for recording. You can also select "Play locally", and it will display the video on stream als...