Can't save a stream

[Guest]

I just want to save an mms url from the internet.

I looked at the docs, which indicated that I should do it this way:

vlc mms://path/to/somewhere --sout file/avi:file.wmv

But when I try, I get the following:

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VLC media player 0.8.1 Janus Remote control interface initialized, `h' for help [00000198] main private error: no sout stream module matched "std" [00000197] main stream output error: stream chained failed for `std{mux="avi",access="file",url="file.wmv"}' [00000196] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting

Can someone explain what I did wrong? Thanks.

[markfm]

Operating system?

avi is deprecated (no longer supported) as an output transcoding mux

[Guest]

Operating system?

avi is deprecated (no longer supported) as an output transcoding mux

Linux.

What command should I use then?

[markfm]

Under WIndows it would be of the form:
:sout=#duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,url="myfile.asf"}}

so *nix would probably be:
--sout '#duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,url="myfile.asf"}}'

The above would generate an ASF-encapsulated file.

[StellarWind]

avi is deprecated (no longer supported) as an output transcoding mux

That's pity.
For my purposes avi would be best.

Using VLC I try to build a client/server system, where Server sends MPEG4-video stream plus MP3-audio stream, and Client receives that streams, displays and records them into a file (preferably AVI, for further editing).

OK then, if not AVI, let it be ASF. But I still have some problems with it...
I succeed in sending DIV3 or DIV4 streams (from file) and recording them into ASF container, but for some reason I fail with streams produced by other codecs (DX50, XVID).
I don't transcode streams when sending and receiving streams. On both sides I choose ASF container. DIV3/4 are OK, but with DX50/XVID I have wrong duration of the file, it just doesn't play.

Does VLC make a distinction for different codecs?