vlc dshow:// how to limit playback time

Question

I want to use VLC media player to record from an USB TV receiver. I would like to schedule when to record, but calling vlc from the command line:

vlc -Idummy dshow:// --sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,audio=mp2a}:standard{access=file,dst=fromtv.mpg}

What I'm missing is a way to limit the time this command will run. I understand dshow:// is an entry on the playlist, and that VLC is working it's way down the playlist, but it will reading from dshow:// because it is an input device.

Is there a way to limit the runtime length of dshow:// on the command line?

Answer 1

Try

--run-time=<float>        Run time
    The stream will run till this position (in seconds).

and perhaps set vlc:\\quit as the next command.