Recording a stream through MPC-HC?

Fadeout · 13th April 2016, 02:19

I'm trying to record clips from Twitch steams and using a program called "livestreamer" that works through the command line.

With the option "--player-passthrough=hls" I can send the stream right to the player, and I can seek it just fine. But I don't know how to record in MPC-HC since it doesn't have any option to just do that. Otherwise, if I give a file output to livestreamer then it saves the whole thing, so I cannot seek the stream at all.

So I tried it with VLC. It works perfect because by default VLC has a "record" button that you press and you record what it's streaming exactly as it is, no reencoding, and I can seek the stream just fine.

The only problem is that for some reason the VLC seek bar shows 0:00 and it doesn't move. So I can seek, but I have to do it blindly and it's VERY annoying.

So, from MPC-HC I have the seek bar working perfect, but I don't know how to record, while in VLC I can record perfectly, but I have an half-broken seek bar.

Is there a way to either fix the VLC seek bar OR get a similar recording option in MPC-HC?

niel4237 · 23rd May 2016, 19:53

I have the EXACT same problem. Like just my words. Did you find a solution?

13th April 2016, 02:19	#1 \| Link
Fadeout Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 150	Recording a stream through MPC-HC? I'm trying to record clips from Twitch steams and using a program called "livestreamer" that works through the command line. With the option "--player-passthrough=hls" I can send the stream right to the player, and I can seek it just fine. But I don't know how to record in MPC-HC since it doesn't have any option to just do that. Otherwise, if I give a file output to livestreamer then it saves the whole thing, so I cannot seek the stream at all. So I tried it with VLC. It works perfect because by default VLC has a "record" button that you press and you record what it's streaming exactly as it is, no reencoding, and I can seek the stream just fine. The only problem is that for some reason the VLC seek bar shows 0:00 and it doesn't move. So I can seek, but I have to do it blindly and it's VERY annoying. So, from MPC-HC I have the seek bar working perfect, but I don't know how to record, while in VLC I can record perfectly, but I have an half-broken seek bar. Is there a way to either fix the VLC seek bar OR get a similar recording option in MPC-HC?

23rd May 2016, 19:53	#2 \| Link
niel4237 Registered User Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 1	I have the EXACT same problem. Like just my words. Did you find a solution?