[Wolves] viewing ram movies in debian
Matt Warwick
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Dec 18 14:23:00 2002
>That reminds me, I don't suppose there is anyway for me to record a
>streaming movie for future viewing is there? the Real site doesnt sugges=
t
>this is possible=2E
Technically, no=2E
Untechnically (!?) there is a program you can get for windows (pretty sure=
there isn't a linux equivalent, I had a look on sourceforge and couldn't =
see anything) called Streambox VCR which is no longer supported or produce=
d, because the company that made it got sued by Real Networks a year or so=
back, it allows you to save a RealVideo or Windows Media stream (Basicall=
y anything that uses RTSP) to a file on your hard drive=2E
There is a download available here:
http://www=2Eafterdawn=2Ecom/software/audio_software/audio_tools/streambox=
_vcr=2Ecfm
I don't know if it runs under wine or crossover, but if you have access to=
a windows box then it's a good peice of kit, I've used it a number of tim=
es=2E
Matt