On Sun September 9 2007 10:54, Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:27:10 +0100
>
> Tim <xendistar@???> wrote:
> > I know somebody asked this question a while ago, but I can't find it
> > anywhere (I guess it is still there), I had a look on the wiki but there
> > is nothing there. Can somebody point in the direction of a howto please
> >
> > I am after a BBC realpalyer stream,
> >
> > Tim
>
> Simplest form, using mplayer, if you know the RA stream:
>
>
> URL="rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio3/live/r3_dsat_
>g2.ra" mplayer -cache 128 -bandwidth 999999999999 $URL -ao null -dumpstream
> \ -dumpfile /tmp/bbc.ra
>
> If you have the stream embedded in http://****.ram, the add "-playlist".
>
> In my experience, a small cache and large bandwidth result in fast
> startup and download (e.g. at line speed).
>
> -jonathan
I think the part I am missing here is the rtsp:// I have looked at the source
of the BBC page but I can't find the rtsp url or any .ram files listed. Is
this just BBC being awkward or am I looking in the wrong place??
Tim
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