Command Line Help: Duplicate (Display and transcode))

[FamilyGuy]

Hi guys, this is my first post on this board, I've searched for the answer to my question in this board and on the internet but found nothing. I also tried to read the freaking manual, but apparently failed at it ... http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-h ... /ch03.html

Using VLC 1.0.5 Goldeneye on Win7 and XP

I got some ip security camera running an http stream, what I want to do is to save the stream to a mp4(h264) file on my HDD and also display it.
I can already display the stream:

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vlc -vvv "http://192.168.1.101/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=password&rate=3"

I can also transcode it with no problem:

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vlc -vvv "http://192.168.1.101/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=password&rate=3" --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mpga,vb=512,ab=0}:standard{acc ess=file,mux=mp4,dst="G:\test.mp4"}

Now I want to do both at the same time without accessing the camera twice (as this would significantly reduce framerate), but my attemp at it doesn't work, it only displays the stream:

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vlc -vvv "http://192.168.1.101/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=password&rate=3" --sout=#duplicate{dst=display,dst=transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mpga,vb=512,ab=0}:standard{access=files,mux=mp4,dst=="G:\test.mp4"}}

If you can give me some help it would be greatly appreciated!

Ps: It'd also be useful to be able to transcode only one hour of the stream (so no user intervention to stop it) and add data/time OSD.
Also I'm not a native english speaker, so sorry for the errors I might have left in the post, I tried not to do too much though.


Thank you very much in advance!

FamilyGuy

[EDIT]

Figured a workaround out, using VLC 1.1.2 Luggage:

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vlc -vvv "http://192.168.1.101/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=password" --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=512}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=standard{access=file,mux=mp4,dst="G:\test.mp4"}} --no-audio

I still need to overlay data/time and choose the duration of the transcoding ...

[BitFish]

I'm fairly new to the VLC command line, and am trying to save files from http streams. In the end, I want to be able to stream/encode/save files streamed from my own media server, but for now I'm trying to get things working with a stream from youtube. The file saves properly, the problem is that only the audio is included in the file, not the video.

Here is the command I'm using (notice the striking similarity to your command line, FamilyGuy) =)

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vlc -vvv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-EOo14fCZ0 --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=512}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=standard{access=file,mux=mp4,dst="C:\test4.mp4"}}}

Keep in mind, the command below picks up a stream from youtube and plays it back no problem.

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vlc -vvv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-EOo14fCZ0

Any idea's as to why the video might not be coming through?

Thanks guys!

[VLC_help]

Have you tried demux-dump?
http://wiki.videolan.org/Demuxdump

[BitFish]

I had not! Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, it only dumps out a 150KB file which won't open at all. Here is the command:

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vlc -vvv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7mrMyBFDg :demux=dump :demuxdump-file=C:\test3.flv

Also, just figured this part out...

This command works beautifully-

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vlc -vvv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRkLUQQvVZY --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=512}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=standard{access=file,mux=mp4,dst="C:\test4.mp4"}}}

This command fails-

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vlc -vvv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7mrMyBFDg --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=512}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=standard{access=file,mux=mp4,dst="C:\test4.mp4"}}}

Notice the only difference is the stream url. The first one (the one that works) is a pretty low quality video on youtube. The second one (the one that doesn't work) is a fairly high quality (around 1080p). Could it be the quality settings in the streaming video, or even a different in codex used by youtube?

[VLC_help]

Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) will complain about the problems.