High quality local encoding

Hi,
I'm using Flash Media Live encoder  to encode a stream and send it to Flash Media Server so that I can view  it live (and DVR, using dvrcast_origin). This part is working fine. What  I would like to do is also record a high quality version locally and  save it to disk. If I simply check the "Save to file" checkbox, it only  saves the low-quality stream. If I add a second stream of much higher  quality, it's also sent to the server and I don't have the bandwidth for  that. This is in case I later want a DVD of the live stream...
Is  there a way to accomplish what I want?

There is a workaround to accomplish this:
1. Launch an FMLE and configure it to encode 2 streams (low & high). Enable 'save to file' also. Give stream names as low;high. Don't start streaming yet.
2. Launch one more FMLE, which will act as a dummy. Uncheck the audio and video devices. As you don't want to stream the high quality stream of the 1st FMLE, give the stream name as 'high' in this 2nd FMLE. Start streaming.
3. Now start the streaming in 1st FMLE. As 'high' stream name is busy (by 2nd FMLE), only the low quality stream will be published.
But this workaround will also record the low quality stream to the local disk, which shouldn't be a problem if you have disk space.
You can also use 2 FMLEs, one for low and other for high quality stream, but you will have to ensure that same input is given to both.This is possible in 2 ways:
1. Use same device in both instances.
2. Use different devices in both instances but ensure same input (from same source) in both instances.

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