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I am experimenting with streaming to a file and wanted to know where I could find documentation on the "options." The source is video from a camera (see mediaUrl below). I tried copying the output string from the VLC player and setting that to my options, but it didn't work (1st String [] options). I made up the second String [] options, looking at an example.
Is there an explanation of the options (vcodec, vb, fps, mux, etc), possible values (h264, 0, 2, ts, ps, etc), and how to set them (what the final string looks like, where to put colons, braces, etc)? If so, where?
Thanks

String mediaUrl = "rtsp://@172.30.20.220";
(Created the file, but nothing played back):
String [] options = {":sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=0,fps=2,scale=0,acodec=none}:file{dst=U:\\user1\\cohustream2.mp4} "};
(Appears to work, but HOW?):
String [] options = {":sout=#standard{mux=ts,access=file,dst=U:\\user1\\cohustream3standard.mp4} "};

There's a lot of documentation in the videolan WIKI for those options. You'll have to hunt around, there's no single page that says "here is an exhaustive list of all the possible options".