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Hi Folks,

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 04:13:28 +0000 (UTC)
baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> >>> Mplayer will also play webcast TV programs.  See the archives for a list
> >>> of low bandwidth ones that display in 3" diagonal 'screen'.
> >>> And DVD movies.  What else will it do?
> >
> >   I have recently become aware that mplayer is able to download and
> > save streaming-only audio and video streams.  :)
> >
> >   I use a script along the lines of:
> >
> > mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile name_of_saved_file.extension
> > mms://url/file_name.extension
> 
> I presume it also works with rtsp:// and http://

   Yep !   :)

> > All above on one line, of course.
> >
> > The above works very well even with Real, WMV, Ra, MP3 streams. So far I
> > haven't come across a stream that it has not been able to save once I
> > have given it the correct URL to the file. Not yet sure of how to do it
> > with playlist addressess, but I am sure it can be done, too.
> 
> Is there some way to trim off the ends of saved mp3 and other files, 
> rather than waiting for the announcement to end before recording?

   Good question.  Don't know. Yet !    Anyone ?

   I can edit/trim .wav files, but I haven't found anything for MP3s.

   What I am currently doing is to listen to the broadcast, then kick in the 
recording/close the recording manually. I have added a button to my icewm 
menu that runs the dumpstream in an rxvt, this allows a Ctrl+C to stop the 
recording without stopping other mplayer functions.

> >>> Let it snow. (We got nearly half a meter in the last couple days).
> >   Half your luck !  It has been hot here.
> 
> It hit +4C last night (-16C) and a bit warmer tonight.
> If we traded weather we would have a slushy mess here.

   And we might get some water into our rivers and reservoirs.   :(

Regards,
        Ron

-- 
Ron Clarke 
AUSREG Consultancy      http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes           http://www.tadpoletunes.com
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