Alex Latchford wrote: > Robert McWilliam wrote: >> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:43:31 +0100 >> alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> which appears to be the url of the wmv file(s) but >>> rtsp://wm-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/news/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/click_bb.wmv >>> by itself does not launch in firefox, what should I now be doing? >>> thanks >>> >> I don't think firefox speaks RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol), so >> you need to use an app that does. As per previous responses in this >> thread mplayer is a good choice for this. >> >> ________________________________________________________ >> Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ormiret.com >> >> Long periods of drought are always followed by rain. >> >> > Just change the protocol to http.. so.. > > http://wm-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/news/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/click_bb.wmv > > Will allow you to download it to your hard drive..
In my case firefox has a player installed for wmv files and starts to play this stream in the browser. All I see is the tail end of a bbc weather forcast. Just the bbc weather logo and about 5 seconds of sound. Then nothing. wget doesn't get much. Can anyone up the ante with a better URL or an alternate method to view/download Click? (ubuntu 7.04 FF) > > Thanks.. Alex. > -- Simple effective migration to Open Source based computing Jim Kissel Open Source Migrations Limited w: http://www.osml.eu e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +44(0) 8703 301044 m: +44(0) 7976 411 679 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
