# VLC: need to seek and record a VLC webcam

**URL:** https://forum.opendesktop.org/t/vlc-need-to-seek-and-record-a-vlc-webcam/1523
**Category:** Sub-Groups
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.org/t/vlc-need-to-seek-and-record-a-vlc-webcam/1523 "2018-03-05T14:23:36Z")
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### Author: ![Didier.Franceus](https://forum.opendesktop.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Didier.Franceus](https://forum.opendesktop.org/u/Didier.Franceus)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.org/t/vlc-need-to-seek-and-record-a-vlc-webcam/1523/1 "2018-03-05T14:23:36Z")

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I am volunteer at a low budget sport organization. I am trying to setup a configuration whereby:  
A PC/ Raspberry Pi with HD webcam runs VLC to (RTSP?) stream game-footage  
Other windows-10 PC’s run VLC to monitor the footage. Aim is for an operator to allow ‘stepping back’ into the game (5-6 seconds?) with keyboard stroke in order to look closer into a situation. Upon examination, operator must be able to ‘jump’ to the ‘now’ of the stream.

We also want to record the complete stream (8 hours or so); willing to cut it into pieces if we must.

VLC is our platform of preference for this, can this be achieved?