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I think this is not a programming question but I'm not sure where to ask.

I have an RTSP video stream which I would like to receive and write down to a video file while it transmits.

I have found several servers which allow to re-stream such an RTSP stream but I have not found anything which would allow me to write down a video file as I receive it. Something like they have in the Bambuser even more preferably, free.

Could someone, please, advise something to achieve that?

Edited just to be more clear:

I want to be able to turn on/off recording when, say, I see something interesting in the video. So my use case is: user sits before the screen, watches the live video from, say, ip-camera, and, when he sees something of interest he starts recording that particular fragment, then stops recording. No further editing is needed. So I wonder if there is any software for that or any library with which I can build it

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rtsp stream capturing

If I have understood your problem correctly, given an RTSP resource (e.g. rtsp://example.com/media.mp4) you want to download, so to speak, that resource on your computer. right?

Depending on the availability for your operating system, there are several tools which you could use. For example take a look at VLC's tutorial on how to receive and save a stream.

For a short tutorial you can also take a look here or check this answer out.

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  • Thanks a lot. Ideally, I would want something that would allow me to see and to save an rtsp stream at the same time, with some web interface to turn on/off saving to a file. I have no idea if such things exist. – Alexander Kulyakhtin Apr 30 '13 at 13:22
  • So you could somehow edit the original file? In other words to record only those parts you want? – Yan Foto Apr 30 '13 at 13:28
  • Just to be able to turn on/off recording when, say, I see something interesting in the video. So my use case is: user sits before the screen, watches the live video from, say, ip-camera, and, when he sees something of interest records that particular fragment. No further editing is needed. So I wonder if there is any software for that or any library with which I can build it – Alexander Kulyakhtin Apr 30 '13 at 13:37