mplayer - possible to watch and save simultaneously?

[terryeden]

I have a remote video stream of my security cam that I want to be able to save while watching.

To save, I use mplayer to dump the stream.

mplayer http://example.com/stream.asf  -dumpstream -dumpfile ycam.asf

To watch, I use mplayer as normal.

mplayer http://example.com/stream.asf

What I want is a command which will save the video as I'm watching it.

Any ideas?

[wolfen69]

I know you can do this with vlc. In vlc, go to view>advanced controls to get a record button on the interface. All vids are saved to your /home.

[adbot asdakjsfhs]

See this thread [1]. Basically:
mplayer http://userassword@example.com/stream.asf -dumpstream -dumpfile ./mystream.asf

and in another terminal:
mplayer – < ./mystream.asf

Or there is a description to use pipes to see the current stream without seeking.

[1] http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/20...eo-in-mplayer/