I have saved the stream, but can't play it.

[klenot]

Hello fellaz,

Please take apologies for my weak English.

I have saved the stream using VLC v1.0.5 for Windows, the following way:
- In menu "Media / Streaming" choose the tab "Network"
- Filled in the source address http..... (this address I did found inside the .asx file)
- Clicked the button "Stream"
- Clicked the tab "Destination"
- Choose the "New destination" to be a File, specified C:\grab
- Turned off the options "Display locally" and "Activate transcoding"
- Clicked "Next", the "Options" tab showed in the box titled "Generate stream output string" this code:

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:sout=#std{access=file,mux=ogg,dst=C:\\grab}

- Finally clicked the "Stream" button.

It produced nearly 1 GB file, which looks to be (in hex viewer) a correct media file, but I cannot play it in VLC player. Instead, I get the following errors, when I try to open it (menu "Media / Open File"):

No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMV3". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "wma2". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

I did placed two samples of the grabbed file to web, if somebody would be willing to take a look at it and tell me, what i do wrong:
First 192 KB of the grabbed file
First 768 KB of the grabbed file

Here there is first 512 bytes dumped in hex format:

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0000000: 4f 67 67 53 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3c 15 OggS..........<. 0000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 85 b8 d5 a0 01 40 01 76 69 64 ...........@.vid 0000020: 65 6f 00 00 00 57 4d 56 33 00 00 00 3f 00 00 00 eo...WMV3...?... 0000030: 00 00 00 00 80 1a 06 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ................ 0000040: 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 0000050: 00 03 00 00 40 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 4f 67 67 53 ....@.......OggS 0000060: 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3d 15 00 00 00 00 ..........=..... 0000070: 00 00 d1 36 0a 88 01 4a 01 61 75 64 69 6f 00 00 ...6...J.audio.. 0000080: 00 31 36 31 00 00 00 00 49 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .161....I....... 0000090: 80 96 98 00 00 00 00 00 44 ac 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........D....... 00000a0: 01 00 00 00 00 78 00 00 10 00 00 00 02 00 b6 08 .....x.......... 00000b0: e5 2e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 00 00 0f 00 00 00 ................ 00000c0: 00 00 4f 67 67 53 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..OggS.......... 00000d0: 3c 15 00 00 01 00 00 00 ab 17 ac 48 01 14 03 31 <..........H...1 00000e0: 2e 30 2e 35 20 73 74 72 65 61 6d 20 6f 75 74 70 .0.5 stream outp 00000f0: 75 74 4f 67 67 53 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 utOggS.......... 0000100: 3d 15 00 00 01 00 00 00 c4 94 7f d2 01 14 03 31 =..............1 0000110: 2e 30 2e 35 20 73 74 72 65 61 6d 20 6f 75 74 70 .0.5 stream outp 0000120: 75 74 4f 67 67 53 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff utOggS.......... 0000130: 3c 15 00 00 02 00 00 00 f5 43 d2 6e 11 ff ff ff <........C.n.... 0000140: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 08 00 ................ 0000150: 15 50 19 29 02 f7 93 8c 12 88 a4 82 18 91 d4 2e .P.)............ 0000160: c5 75 e8 b4 90 ae 14 46 14 e2 70 5f d2 0c cc 68 .u.....F..p_...h 0000170: 62 37 12 6a 51 11 1a 1c a2 2b ab ca 58 98 3b 41 b7.jQ....+..X.;A 0000180: 18 47 30 69 ca 1c 88 68 91 72 86 24 22 b0 87 2b .G0i...h.r.$"..+ 0000190: 27 7b 12 82 65 08 91 02 75 1a 38 d4 b4 c6 78 4f '{..e...u.8...xO 00001a0: 15 cc 1c 0b 97 41 a7 06 1d 43 7b 89 6d 08 48 9f .....A...C{.m.H. 00001b0: 88 30 0a bd d8 88 13 28 80 98 40 38 40 85 e9 41 .0.....(..@8@..A 00001c0: 38 2e 90 7b bb 2e e2 14 d8 00 62 25 62 24 53 fe 8..{......b%b$S. 00001d0: cc e0 89 15 c7 35 6c 72 89 7a bb 5c bb 90 4b 37 .....5lr.z.\..K7 00001e0: a1 85 d8 44 9c f2 1a 40 10 1d 31 be 75 9a 56 3b ...D...@..1.u.V; 00001f0: 56 1c 61 76 91 04 03 a2 34 34 77 89 f7 03 50 59 V.av....44w...PY

EDIT:
Yet one note: If I open the stream for playing (menu "Media / Open network stream") it plays flawlessly, so the source is not damaged.

Thank you for help.

[klenot]

It is me again.

Now I saved the stream with these "Trnascoding options":
- "Activate Transcoding": OFF (unchecked)
- "Profile": Created a new one with these settings:
-- tab Encapsulation: ASF/WMV
-- tab Video codec: "Keep original video track": ON (checked)
-- tab Audio codec: "Keep original video track": ON (checked)

- Clicked "Next", the "Options" tab showed in the box titled "Generate stream output string" this code:

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:sout=#std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=C:\\grab2}

Saved the stream, and it plays perfectly! The new saved file starts like this:

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0000000: 30 26 b2 75 8e 66 cf 11 a6 d9 00 aa 00 62 ce 6c 0&.u.f.......b.l 0000010: de 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 01 02 a1 dc ................ 0000020: ab 8c 47 a9 cf 11 8e e4 00 c0 0c 20 53 65 68 00 ..G........ Seh. 0000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 c0 ba ba 2a 75 5f 9e 3b 23 ..........*u_.;# 0000040: 8c 53 52 c8 36 75 10 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .SR.6u.......... 0000050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 0000060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0 07 ................ 0000070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 ................ 0000080: 00 00 28 47 09 00 b5 03 bf 5f 2e a9 cf 11 8e e3 ..(G....._...... 0000090: 00 c0 0c 20 53 65 9c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 d2 ... Se.......... 00000a0: d3 ab ba a9 cf 11 8e e6 00 c0 0c 20 53 65 06 00 ........... Se.. 00000b0: 6e 00 00 00 ea cb f8 c5 af 5b 77 48 84 67 aa 8c n........[wH.g.. 00000c0: 44 fa 4c ca 6e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 D.L.n........... 00000d0: 01 00 1a 00 03 00 04 00 00 00 41 00 73 00 70 00 ..........A.s.p. 00000e0: 65 00 63 00 74 00 52 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 6f 00 e.c.t.R.a.t.i.o. 00000f0: 58 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 1a 00 03 00 X............... 0000100: 04 00 00 00 41 00 73 00 70 00 65 00 63 00 74 00 ....A.s.p.e.c.t. 0000110: 52 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 6f 00 59 00 00 00 03 00 R.a.t.i.o.Y..... 0000120: 00 00 91 07 dc b7 b7 a9 cf 11 8e e6 00 c0 0c 20 ............... 0000130: 53 65 86 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 ef 19 bc 4d 5b Se............M[ 0000140: cf 11 a8 fd 00 80 5f 5c 44 2b 00 57 fb 20 55 5b ......_\D+.W. U[ 0000150: cf 11 a8 fd 00 80 5f 5c 44 2b 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......_\D+...... 0000160: 00 00 38 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ..8............. 0000170: 00 03 00 00 40 02 00 00 02 2d 00 2d 00 00 00 00 ....@....-.-.... 0000180: 03 00 00 40 02 00 00 01 00 18 00 57 4d 56 33 00 ...@.......WMV3. 0000190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00001a0: 00 00 00 4d 51 08 01 00 91 07 dc b7 b7 a9 cf 11 ...MQ........... 00001b0: 8e e6 00 c0 0c 20 53 65 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..... Ser....... 00001c0: 40 9e 69 f8 4d 5b cf 11 a8 fd 00 80 5f 5c 44 2b @.i.M[......_\D+ 00001d0: 50 cd c3 bf 8f 61 cf 11 8b b2 00 aa 00 b4 e2 20 P....a......... 00001e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1c 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 ................ 00001f0: 02 00 00 00 00 00 61 01 02 00 44 ac 00 00 e5 2e ......a...D..... 0000200: 00 00 b6 08 10 00 0a 00 00 88 00 00 0f 00 00 00 ................ 0000210: 00 00 01 b6 08 b6 08 01 00 00 40 52 d1 86 1d 31 ..........@R...1 0000220: d0 11 a3 a4 00 a0 c9 03 48 f6 c4 00 00 00 00 00 ........H....... 0000230: 00 00 41 52 d1 86 1d 31 d0 11 a3 a4 00 a0 c9 03 ..AR...1........ 0000240: 48 f6 02 00 00 00 01 00 16 00 57 00 69 00 6e 00 H.........W.i.n. 0000250: 64 00 6f 00 77 00 73 00 20 00 4d 00 65 00 64 00 d.o.w.s. .M.e.d. 0000260: 69 00 61 00 20 00 56 00 69 00 64 00 65 00 6f 00 i.a. .V.i.d.e.o. 0000270: 20 00 39 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 57 4d 56 33 02 00 .9.......WMV3.. 0000280: 2b 00 57 00 69 00 6e 00 64 00 6f 00 77 00 73 00 +.W.i.n.d.o.w.s. 0000290: 20 00 4d 00 65 00 64 00 69 00 61 00 20 00 41 00 .M.e.d.i.a. .A. 00002a0: 75 00 64 00 69 00 6f 00 20 00 28 00 76 00 32 00 u.d.i.o. .(.v.2. 00002b0: 29 00 20 00 37 00 2c 00 20 00 38 00 20 00 61 00 ). .7.,. .8. .a. 00002c0: 6e 00 64 00 20 00 39 00 20 00 53 00 65 00 72 00 n.d. .9. .S.e.r. 00002d0: 69 00 65 00 73 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 61 01 36 26 i.e.s.......a.6& 00002e0: b2 75 8e 66 cf 11 a6 d9 00 aa 00 62 ce 6c 32 00 .u.f.......b.l2. 00002f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 c0 ba ba 2a 75 5f 9e 3b 23 ..........*u_.;# 0000300: 8c 53 52 c8 36 75 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 .SR.6u.......... 0000310: 82 00 00 11 5d 00 00 d0 07 00 00 00 00 81 81 00 ....]........... 0000320: 00 00 00 00 08 b8 a4 00 00 d0 07 00 00 e1 0f 00 ................ 0000330: 15 50 19 29 02 f7 93 8c 12 88 a4 82 18 91 d4 2e .P.)............ 0000340: c5 75 e8 b4 90 ae 14 46 14 e2 70 5f d2 0c cc 68 .u.....F..p_...h 0000350: 62 37 12 6a 51 11 1a 1c a2 2b ab ca 58 98 3b 41 b7.jQ....+..X.;A 0000360: 18 47 30 69 ca 1c 88 68 91 72 86 24 22 b0 87 2b .G0i...h.r.$"..+ 0000370: 27 7b 12 82 65 08 91 02 75 1a 38 d4 b4 c6 78 4f '{..e...u.8...xO 0000380: 15 cc 1c 0b 97 41 a7 06 1d 43 7b 89 6d 08 48 9f .....A...C{.m.H. 0000390: 88 30 0a bd d8 88 13 28 80 98 40 38 40 85 e9 41 .0.....(..@8@..A 00003a0: 38 2e 90 7b bb 2e e2 14 d8 00 62 25 62 24 53 fe 8..{......b%b$S. 00003b0: cc e0 89 15 c7 35 6c 72 89 7a bb 5c bb 90 4b 37 .....5lr.z.\..K7 00003c0: a1 85 d8 44 9c f2 1a 40 10 1d 31 be 75 9a 56 3b ...D...@..1.u.V; 00003d0: 56 1c 61 76 91 04 03 a2 34 34 77 89 f7 03 50 59 V.av....44w...PY 00003e0: 78 d1 98 04 8f 50 ff 54 b2 90 5a 56 37 97 f8 69 x....P.T..ZV7..i 00003f0: 5c eb 5a 3b 64 70 0b 90 00 7a 2c 80 dd b5 88 81 \.Z;dp...z,.....

So I did solved it myself. Though, I have an odd feeling of it. During the first grabbing, some other profile has been selected in the "Profile" drop-down list, but the option "Activate Transcoding" has been turned off, like during the second grabbing. I don't understand, why did it converted the stream some way, even if "Activate Transcoding" has been unchecked.

Anyway, it plays now.