DOS batch file to save streaming video

[dormant]

I am trying to run a DOS batch file to run vlc to save an MMS stream to an avi file once per day. The file type is not important.

I am useless at DOS programming, so am getting in a real pickle.

My batch file works when it has this line.

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"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" mms://172.20.0.172:1755/ :sout=file/avi:C:\data\video\MVO\%date%.avi

My batch file doesn't work when I try to make it stop automatically

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"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --stop-time=60 mms://172.20.0.172:1755/ :sout=file/avi:C:\data\video\MVO\%date%.avi

It just creates an empty AVI file and never stops.

When I add the dummy interface like this:

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"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy --stop-time=60 mms://172.20.0.172:1755/ :sout=file/avi:C:\data\video\MVO\%date%.avi

I get the following error messages:

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[00000397] dummy interface: VLC media player - version 0.9. 6-2009 the VideoLAN team [00000397] dummy interface: Warning: if you can't access the GUI anymore, open a command the directory where you installed VLC and run "vlc -I qt" [00000397] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module [00000415] access_mms access error: no data received [00000415] access_mms access error: no data received [00000415] access_mms access error: cannot connect to server [00000415] access_mms access error: cannot read data 2

I'm sure I'm doing something really stupid. Can someone please point out what it is?
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vlc 0.9.9 under Windows XP

[VLC_help]

AFAIK AVI output is somewhat broken. And stop-time or start-time doesn't work if the stream doesn't contain time info.

[Lorni]

Try --run-time and vlc://quit at the end of command line to force player exit after the last track (one in this case).

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vlc.exe --intf=dummy --dummy-quiet mms://172.20.0.172:1755/ --run-time=60 --sout=#duplicate{dst=std{access=file,dst=e:\file.mpg}} vlc://quit

Or avi or what you want.