[Gllug] Skylarov segment on Newsnight

[Simon Bunker]

> > You cannot "record" Real Video.
> >
> > Gordo
>
> You could do it from audio out - degrading quality of course and missing
> the video - but just a newscast
>
> I seem to remember a Linux / Open source ripping utility for Real Video.
>     It may have just been Real Audio only.

That's how Real works - you use the .ram shortcut to the .rm file so that it
streams, otherwise you just download the file itself. The .smi just makes
the interface a bit prettier (using SMIL I guess) or adds annoying advert
clips (mind you you can do that with .ram too).

The bigger sites you won't be able to http them down - Real has its own
server for dishingout the big stuff - and it don't do http - otherwise why
bother paying for the big expensive Real box when Apache can do it :o) http:
streaming does work, but it's very dodgy....

Simon
http://www.rendermania.com/
UIN 11123737

> Some sites are silly enough to have a direct link to the file in the
> real audio link (which is a text file giving directions to the source)
> You can then put that source as your browser address line and suck the
> file down using http.
>
> Cheers
> Xander


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