# downloading rtsp .rm, .ram RTP,RTSP urls, [console].
# http://www.rdrs.net/document/ 
# last update, Tue Dec 7, 2004
#

#### 
# Download and install Mplayer from one of the sites below.
# http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html
# http://freshmeat.net/projects/mplayer/
#
# Now fetch the .rm or .ram files you choke on via http.
~: wget http://streams.foo.org/data/foo.rm

# Open those downloaded .rm or .ram files with a text editor,
# cut and save the rtsp urls.
rtsp://streams.foo.org/data/foo.rm

# Now use mplayer to download your desired files using these rtp,rtsp urls.
~: mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile foo.rm rtsp://streams.foo.org/data/foo.rm

# Note, if your connection goes via a router, firewall or if
# you are doing NAT you might want to use TCP instead of UDP.
~: mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile foo.rm -rtsp-stream-over-tcp \
    rtsp://streams.foo.org/data/foo.rm

# done.. 

# Note; mplayer also comes with a program called `mencoder' which can
# be used to convert/reencode those files you just downloaded.
~: mencoder foo.rm -o foo.avi -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame

# Related.
#  Another more extended howto.
#   http://www.infoanarchy.org/wiki/index.php/Quicktime/Linux
#  Mplayer.
#   http://freshmeat.net/projects/mplayer/
#   http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html
#  RFC 2326 - Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
#   http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2326.html
#  Getting MPlayer to work on GNU/Linux Debian
#   http://www.princessleia.com/MPlayer.html