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recording saving

Postby eric1000 » 26 Mar 2005 11:22

Hello.
How to record on my hdd the video images appearing on VLC Player.
Thank you.
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Postby markfm » 26 Mar 2005 13:49

In Windows, using the normal wxwindows user interface:

Click the "Stream Output" checkbox on the page where you select what you want to watch. This opens a "Stream Output" page.

Click the "Play locally" and "File" checkboxes. In the file checkbox you have to pick a filename that'll be consistent with the CODECs used in what you're watching -- for instance if it's a normal mpeg video, use myfile.mpg. If it's a DIV3/mp3, I would use myfile.asf.
(Go to the VLC Streaming page, then click the Streaming Features link to see what mixtures are compatible)

Down in Encapsulation method, pick MPEG PS if you're saving to a .mpg, or ASF if you're saving to a .asf.

If you picked an encapsulation method consistent with the incoming video, you don't have to use transcoding options -- just click OK to close the Stream Output page, OK again to close the Open page.

(Alternately, if you have no idea what the incoming format is, you can transcode to something that will by definition be an OK mixture, though this uses more CPU power. You could, for example, type in myfile.asf, pick encapsulation ASF, then down in the Transcoding options area, select the Video codec as DIV3, and the Audio codec as mp3)


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