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      using VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine.</span>
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I have successfully recorded an
      RTSP stream by using the following command:</div>
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vlc
      <a>rtsp://192.168.1.100/live/h264/ch1</a> --sout=file/ps:record1.mp4</div>
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Now I need to timestamp the video
      that is recording, meaning the video must display the time when it
      is being recorded.</div>
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I managed to play a video with
      the current timestamp using:</div>
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vlc --sub-filter
      "marq{marquee=\$t
      (\$P%%),color=16776960}:marq{marquee=%H:%M:%S,position=6}"
      video1.mp4</div>
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I added
      --sout=file/ps:record1.mp4 option to the above command but with no
      luck, the video records but doesn't display the time during playback.</div>
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      --<span> </span><br>
      regards,
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        <div>Saad Bin Mahbub</div>
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