VLC 2.1.3 saving RTSP stream to .MP4 file?

[rcurtin]

I have an encoder that puts out an RTSP stream for an internal solution I am building. I want to use VLM to save the stream to a file preferably an MP4 file. I can hear and see the stream just fine in VLC. If I use the built in record function of the GUI I get nothing but a black screen with no sound. I have scoured the internet and although I do not see anyone doing quite what I am attempting I am sure VLC can do it. I have tried searching in this forum and all over the web and tried many different things.

The biggest reason I know this will work is if I use FFMPEG I get the exact result I am looking for and it is using the same encoders VLC uses. Below is the command line that works for FFMPEG and I get my .MP4 file with video and sound directly from the stream.

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ffmpeg -i rtsp:10.35.77.43:8000/live -metadata title="HR50" -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -r 29.970 c:\test\test.mp4

How can I accomplish this same thing in VLC or using VLM channel?

For example I have some older encoders each assigned to a channel in VLM web interface that I can start and stop with .bat files and it works gloriously!! Below is the channel config I am using for the existing encoders that we are upgrading to the new ones I want to get working.

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new channel14 broadcast enabled setup channel14 input mmsh://159.121.40.93/hse setup channel14 output #transcode{vcodec=mp2v,acodec=mp2a}:standard{access-file,mux=ts,dst="C:\HearingRoomBackups\hse\Backup_%m_%d_%Y_%H_%M.mp4"}

So I am hoping I am just doing something wrong because I know this will work well because VLC is awesome hehe.

Please forgive me if you need logs or whatnot because I am still not sure how to provide that for you. So if you need more information please let me know and I will be glad to oblige.

[rcurtin]

Is there any guidance on this at all please? I really need to get this recording and I am at such a loss now as to why it won't.