Vlc-record-2021-05-24-16h17m26s-index-dvr.m3u8-... May 2026

When you press the red record button in VLC while watching a standard MP4 or MKV file, VLC simply copies the raw video and audio data into a new, playable file on your computer.

To understand why this happens, we can look at the anatomy of the file name itself: vlc-record-2021-05-24-16h17m26s-index-dvr.m3u8-...

Paste your .m3u8 live stream URL into the box and click the button at the bottom. When you press the red record button in

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: This is the default prefix VLC gives to any file created using its manual recording feature.

Click next to "Destination file" to choose where to save your video and give it a proper name (e.g., my_recorded_stream.mp4 ). Click Start .