[CLUE-Tech] download and save rtsp?

[Randy Arabie]

Quoting "Jed S. Baer" <thag at frii.com>:

> On Wed,  3 Mar 2004 19:20:49 -0800
> Randy Arabie <randy at arabie.org> wrote:
> 
> > rrarabie at potter:~$ curl
> > rtsp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/live_audio.rm?mode=compact
> >  curl: (1) Unsupported protocol: rtsp
> >  
> >  :-(
> > 
> > Back to the drawing board.
> 
> My recollection of the RealAudio client/server is that it will stream
> using multiple protocols. This leads to the possibility of using URL
> hacking to get the file. I'm assuming the URL you have is the URL of the
> actual audio file, not the "rc" file that contains the URL and other
> parameters. You might just try substituting "ftp" or "http" for "rtsp",
> and see what you get. Hmm, actually, such a substitution would result in
> bypassing the Real server entirely, unless you also used a port
> specification to direct the request to the Real server itself. If the
> files are in a directory accessible via ftp or http, then bypassing the
> Real server might work. Otherwise, even using ftp or httpd directed to the
> Real server port might still work, unless they're checking that the
> request comes from a "proper" RealAudio client, and/or carries with it
> various other "signal" baggage.

Great thought Jed!  Using wget, I did try http and ftp in place of the http.  
However, I didn't specify the port, which I'm pretty certain is 554.  I'll give 
that a whirl.

-- 
Allons Rouler!

Randy
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