Because live streams delete old segments as new ones are created (DVR style), stopping the recording often leaves you with a broken index pointing to files that no longer exist on the internet.
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. vlc-record-2021-05-24-16h17m26s-index-dvr.m3u8-...
However, live streams are different. When you press record on an .m3u8 live stream link: Because live streams delete old segments as new
To understand why this happens, we can look at the anatomy of the file name itself: When you press record on an
If you still have that massive file from 2021 sitting on your desktop, try these two steps before deleting it:
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: The exact date the recording was initiated (May 24, 2021).