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Posted: **20 Aug 2010 21:53**

I want to create a shortcut for input stream from Sopcast. So, the source is http://127.0.0.1:8902/stream , cache is 3000ms, and, for instance, I need a duplicate to be sent to file C:\abc-%M-%S.asf. It's simple and everything is working well when was set via the GUI. But if I save this instance as a xspf playlist, VLC generates the following file:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/">
	<title>Playlist</title>
	<trackList>
		<track>
			<location>http://127.0.0.1:8902/stream</location>
			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
				<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
				<vlc:option>http-caching=3000</vlc:option>
				<vlc:option>sout=#:duplicate{dst=display,dst=file{dst='C:\abc-%M-%S.asf'}}</vlc:option>
			</extension>
		</track>
	</trackList>
	<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
			<vlc:item tid="0" />
	</extension>
</playlist>

The problem is when I open this playlist, VLC shows the Sopcast's stream but doesn't save it to the file. I'm not sure if it's an unintentional error, but is there any way to make a shortcut like this and still have a stream written to the file?

Thank you!

Posted: **21 Aug 2010 09:10**

Nope. 'sout' option is ignored in playlist files as a security measure.

Posted: **23 Aug 2010 21:03**

Rémi Denis-Courmont,

Thank you for the answer.

For the rest in a case such as this, I would like to post the alternative way to make this shortcut work. The following command takes a Sopcast stream and saves it to a file with timestamp:

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"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\VLC.exe" http://127.0.0.1:8902/stream :http-caching=3000 :sout=#:duplicate{dst=display,dst=file{dst="C:\vlc\sopcast-record-01-%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S.asf"}}

This can be placed in a .bat file:

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start "" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\VLC.exe" http://127.0.0.1:8902/stream :http-caching=3000 :sout=#:duplicate{dst=display,dst=file{dst="C:\vlc\sopcast-record-01-%%Y-%%m-%%dT%%H-%%M-%%S.asf"}}

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