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I get one more window named VLC (Direct 3D Output) Window in addition to normal window which displays/plays video. This happens when I invoke following recording API.

File dir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"), "Videos");
dir.mkdirs();
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");
String fileName = dir.getAbsolutePath() + "/Capture-" + df.format(new Date()) + ".mpg";
String[] options = {
":sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=4096,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:duplicate{dst=file{dst=" + fileName + "},dst=display}"
};
player = new MediaPlayerFactory().newHeadlessMediaPlayer();
player.playMedia("rtsp://10.252.188.244/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264", options);

Any idea why it happens. I need to turn it off

You seem to duplicate the output to a file and "display" - well, I think that means it will open a window to display it...

Your headless player is headless in name only, it will still open a window if it needs one, unless you disable the video output explicitly. This is explained already in the Javadoc.

Thanks for the display:

String[] options = {
":sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=4096,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:duplicate{dst=file{dst=" + fileName + "}}"
};.

I removed dst=display, now this works.

I use new MediaPlayerFactory().newHeadlessMediaPlayer(); which indeed returns a HeadlessPlyer instance. Which player instance is good for recording? I have a separate meidaplayer instance to display media as I specified in one of my other post.

You picked the right media player, but you still need to disable the video output as is explained already in the Javadoc for that class.