Two questions about the Record function

[danielmak]

Is the TS output from the record option in VLC a screen capture or is VLC recording the stream either networked stream or when making a recording of an MP4/TS/MKV for the purposes of having a video sample? The former would seem to be lower quality than the latter.

I use VLC sometimes to watch my IPTV subscription. I would like to be able to use VLC as a PVR and record when I can't watch live. Is there a way to set a timer with VLC to record? If there is, does anyone know if there is a tutorial since I would need to figure out how to set a specific channel and time and what I would need to do with my laptop to make sure VLC could work when I'm not around.

Thanks.

[dfuhrmann]

VLC never does screen captures here, it directly converts the video and audio stream data it recieves to the same or to a different format.