Set Automatic Recording
Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:41
I am Running VLC 1.0.2 Goldeneye on Linux Mint 8 (ubuntu 9). I want to make an automated recording every night. I have finally learned how I can do this using the GUI , and I never had luck recording as an MP3, so I will settle for a wma, which means I use the ASF/WMV container with Direct stream copy checkbox in the GUI, and the recording is as good as the original broadcast. I would prefer however to transcode live to mp3, but it seems to not work from the GUI.
My question is how Can I start a recording every night for four hours while I sleep? I do not want to have to stop the recording in 4 hours.
I can probably construct a command to do this and possibly a Cron much like this
08, 00 * * * cvlc <-options>
the stream Lets say is
http://player.radio/live/PubPoint.asx
And I want to save the stream to
/media/NAS
I need to stop the stream after four hours. I worry that if I issue another cvlc command, I will not affect the running clvc to stop it. I therefore believe that the single command must include the command to stop after 4 hours.
I would also like to be able to Listen to it while it is recording.
How can I construct this command with the appropriate options?
Thanks,
My question is how Can I start a recording every night for four hours while I sleep? I do not want to have to stop the recording in 4 hours.
I can probably construct a command to do this and possibly a Cron much like this
08, 00 * * * cvlc <-options>
the stream Lets say is
http://player.radio/live/PubPoint.asx
And I want to save the stream to
/media/NAS
I need to stop the stream after four hours. I worry that if I issue another cvlc command, I will not affect the running clvc to stop it. I therefore believe that the single command must include the command to stop after 4 hours.
I would also like to be able to Listen to it while it is recording.
How can I construct this command with the appropriate options?
Thanks,