[MPlayer-users] Re: mplayer os x quicktime streams

[Ross Finlayson]

> > i am new and don't understand mplayer so forgive the question, but i am
> > trying to use mplayer to save this quicktime stream to a file locally.
> >
> > rtsp://a1517.v14244.c1424.g.vq.akamaistream.net/5/1517/1424/3ef77ebf_1/
> > 1a1a1afe63d20071e55b89ea5aca369bc92c9b0837aa0f72e759beed57cc3a69e057bb1e
> > 7dafdf0f42/wwdc_250.mov
> >
> > is this possible with mplayer?
>
>Why dont you use wget ? just change the rtps for http and it should work

No, that won't work for this stream.  RTSP is a different protocol from 
HTTP, and the RTSP server (in this case) doesn't support HTTP.

This stream is a MPEG audio/video RTSP/RTP stream, which you should be able 
to play using the "LIVE.COM Streaming Media" extension to MPlayer.  See 
<http://www.live.com/mplayer/> for details.

Alternatively, you can record the stream (to a pair of files - one for 
audio; the other for video) using the "openRTSP" tool: 
<http://www.live.com/openRTSP/>

         Ross.