Downloading MMS streams (like the ones on uitzendinggemist.nl)
In the old days, Linux fans where not able to see the M$ video streams, and although it is still a problematic format downloading it has become easier.
What you need is: gstreamer, totem-gstreamer and all the good, bad and ugly plugins for gstreamer (not sure which the mmssrc plugin is part of)
The steps
1) Go to the website hosting the video and make sure you can see it in the inline totem player
2) Right click on the video image and choose "Copy" from the context-menu. This will put the stream (mms://...) link on your clipboard
3) Open a terminal and tell gstreamer to download that link. To do this I've attached a small script which just needs the link as an argument:
mms mms://something/somewhere.asfYou can paste in the terminal using the middle mouse button or by choosing "Edit->Paste" from the menu.
The script will make sure you don't overwrite an earlier download and start the download in a separate xterm for you convenience.
Feel free to post comments if you have them, or mail me if you feel the need.
Update: The attached .sh file was a protected extension, so now I'm using a tar of the script. You will have to extract it before you can use it.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| mms.tgz | 799 bytes |