BTW: Just tested this and it works great! Thanks so much!

Just for my notes and anyone else who may want to know it...

[code:1]vlc.exe screen:// --screen-fps=30 --sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=4096,scale=1,width= 1280,height=1024}:std{access=file,mux=ps,dst=c:\te st.avi}}'[/code:1]