Convert HD Homerun UDP stream Troubleshooting

[yourbuddypal]

Hello. I've been trying to Convert a live stream from an HD Homerun to an H.264 MP4. The input stream is from a UDP source (udp:\\127.0.0.1:5000). When I use the VLC GUI, the VLC title says "Streaming", but when I look at the file in Windows Explorer, it shows 0 bytes. In VLC, when I hit stop or close the program, the file always goes to 199 bytes. I assume this is just a file header, and there is no actual content. Am I doing something wrong?

When viewing the stream in VLC live, using the Record button does work. However, since that button saves uncompressed video, the file size is huge. I want to transcode the video to a reasonable size. I have not tried to perform the conversion using the command line. Please advise. Thanks!

[grumpycat]

What format are your large files? Are they supported by handbrake? As an end user handbrake has a more friendly user interface.