On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:44:48 -0700 (PDT) libre fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(someone else wrote the following, I think): > But the w32codecs aren't free (libre) either. > The difference is I can use a couple of codecs instead of using a full > application. But you need w32codecs to be able to do the *rm / *smil formats that BBC radio offers, I would think. Also you need 'cooklib' (libcook.so.*) which I believe is the realaudio format library. > Have your tired to capture a stream with Mplayer on BBC4? How do you do > this? The only URL I can copy is one starting with http:// this isn't the Normally, I would use mplayer this way, but using the -ao (audio out) option to send it to a file rather than the speaker. For instance mplayer -ao pcm:file=test.wav <url> You can also use -dumpaudio but that saves in an internal dump file format that you need to use mplayer again to turn it into something that you can actually play somewhere else, such as mp3 for your mp3 player or wav for burning to a cd that you can play in a cd player. For audio only you probably want something like: mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -ao pcm:file=test.wav <url> As far as trying to record bbc4, I have tried a few times to record programs (such as hitchhiker's guide that was on a while ago) but ended up with the audio screwed up about 20 minutes into the show when I listened to it later. I believe this still happens with bbc4 - but I haven't heard it occuring with other places. I had to d/l the eps from Usenet. Also, kmplayer is another alternative to gxine front end (as is Amarok and so forth). OTOH, kmplayer comes with a number of links for playing audio, and so does gxine. Would be better if one or the other had all these bookmarks preloaded... > right protocol, is it? The BBC doesn't want you to record anything although > they offer some programms that can be saved on your HD. Maybe not. I wonder if there's something that gets slipped in the streams that screw up the recording? > libre fan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
