<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><font size="3">Hello:<br><br>I have a question about the VLC media player, which is--<br><br>How do I get the player to convert/save a video stream to my computer's hard drive?<br><br>I have only ever used the VLC player to play media by right-clicking and selecting "Open With," but there are obviously other functions of the device which I have never used.<br><br>I was once told by someone there is a way to get the VLC player to play streams by entering the URL of the video, and that I may also convert & save such files to my computer's hard drive.<br><br>Here is the URL of the stream, and please outline for me, step-by-step, exactly what I should do--<br><br><a href="rtsp://streaming.museum.tv/realvideo/mbc/breakingnews.rm" target="_new">rtsp://streaming.museum.tv/realvideo/mbc/breakingnews.rm</a></font><br><br><font style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="3">I am not very good at finding help by reading those self-help support </font>i<font size="3">nstructions, else I wouldn't have contacted you.</font><br><br><font size="3">Please help me just this once, as this (converting & saving of video streams) will be the situation for which I most want to use the player.</font><br><br><font size="3">Thank you kindly,<br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Jim M.</span><br>Boston, Massachusetts USA</font><br></td></tr></table><br>