How to Capture Flash Streams - (Radio Stations)

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 02:40 -0700, suvayu ali wrote:
> 2009/5/15 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com>:
> > On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 21:49 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> I used to record (time-shift) some radio programs over the web using mmsrip
> >> and mplayer (for MMS/ASF streams) but now one of my local radio stations
> >> switched to a Flash stream.  Here is the current URL:
> >>
> >> http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/univision/?callsign=WKAQAM
> >>
> >> I can play this (perfectly fine) using my browser but I'm wondering if anyone
> >> knows of a command-line tool that could play/grab these kind of streams? That
> >> way I could automate the process and schedule the recordings just like I used
> >> to do with mmsrip/mplayer thru cron.
> >
> > Try looking for *.flv in /tmp. Hard link the name to something else so
> > the file doesn't go away when the stream finishes.
> >
> Actually its /tmp/Flash*

I think it can vary depending on the site (or maybe the plugin). I've
definitely seen *.flv as well. In any case, the principal is the same.

poc