[GRLUG] saving streaming media

[Topher]

> Make sure you have mplayer installed, with the Real codecs, and grab the 
> Firefox MediaPlayerConnectivity plugin.
>
> Navigate to a page with an embedded player.  The MPC icon should appear. 
> Click on that, and MPC will launch mplayer.
>
> Hop over to a terminal, and use ps to find the exact command-line 
> arguments passed to mplayer to read the stream.  Copy those arguments.
>
> On another terminal, type:
>
> mplayer -ao pcm:file=output.wav (paste your arguments here.)
>
> That will save the audio stream as a PCM WAV file.  Encode to the audio 
> format of your choice.

They use SMIL to string together  a bunch of "chapters"  Do you know if 
mplayer will handle that, or would I have to do it for each chapter?

Ironically, if I did it for each one, I could do it concurrently, which 
would make it last 20 min, rather than a full hour.  :)

>
> On 4/2/07, Topher <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
>> Here's my story:
>>
>> I bought an eipsode of cartalk from audible.com  I can't even begin to
>> tell you what a mess that whole process is.  I now have the file I bought
>> though.  Burning it to a cd is a headache and a half, and now that I've
>> heard it I'm not even sure I want to.  It sounds like they just stuck a
>> mic in front a cheap boom box and hit record.  The quality is AWFUL.
>>
>> On the other hand, on the Car Talk website, you can listen to the latest
>> episode in RealAudio.  Out of what is probably laziness, the filenames are
>> logically named, so you can cheat and put in any episode number you want
>> and listen to back stories.  The quality is really quite decent.
>>
>> So what I want to do is play my epsiode from their real server and grab
>> the output to a file.
>>
>> I'm running Ubuntu Dapper, and I'd rather not do this in Windows if I
>> don't have to.
>>
>> I know it's fairly common, anyone have anyt software they love?
>>
>> Topher
>> Manager of Internet Services
>> Cornerstone University Radio
>>
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Topher
Manager of Internet Services
Cornerstone University Radio

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