To capture a live event

1. Open a command prompt window.
2. At the command prompt, type the path to the folder where the file Wmcmd.vbs is located. For example:

   cd \program files\windows media components\encoder

3. Type the following command, and then press the ENTER key:

   cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs -adevice audio_capture_device_number -vdevice video_capture_device_number -output drive:\Path\Output_file_name -duration time

   - or -

   cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs -adevice audio_capture_device_number -vdevice video_capture_device_number -broadcast port_number -duration time

   For example:

   cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs -adevice 1 -vdevice 4 –output C:\My-clips\Myfile.wmv -duration 620

   - or -

   cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs -adevice 1 -vdevice 4 –broadcast 8080 -duration 620

Note

• You can use the -devices option to find out the device numbers for the audio and video capture devices on the encoding computer.

Related topics

• Encoding files and live events
• To encode a file
• To encode all files within a folder