How to Capture Flash Streams - (Radio Stations)

Andras Simon szajmi at gmail.com
Mon May 18 21:22:03 UTC 2009


On 5/18/09, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jorge
>>
>> p.d. 40 minutes of Google search didn't bring anything :(
>>
>>
> Did you try one of the python scripts used for youtube?

I'd be surprised if those worked. AFAIK, every site presents its flash
in its own idiosyncratic way.

Andras




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