mmsrip1
Mms ripper
Usage
mmsrip [-q]
[-t]
[-k]
[-dDELAY]
[-gFILE]
<
[-oFILE]
stream
url> ...
Overview
mmsrip is a client for the proprietary protocol MMS://.
It saves to a file the content being streamed.
Options
-
-a, --about -
Show some information about
mmsrip.
-
-dDELAY, --delay=DELAY -
Save the stream during DELAY seconds and exit.
-
-gFILE, --debugFILE -
Output debug info to specified file.
-
-h, --help -
Show the help message.
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-k, --trick -
Attempt to trick recalcitrant servers by sending alternative local info (
mmsripwill act as an old version of MediaPlayer).
-
-oFILE, --output=FILE -
Output stream to specified file. This option should be repeated before every stream urls.
-
-q, --quiet -
Enable quiet mode. Use twice in order to remove error messages as well.
-
-t, --test -
Enable test mode.
mmsripwill only check the stream availability.
-
-v, --version -
Show version number.
Error codes
- 0
-
No error occured.
- 1
-
mmsripwas unable to rip the stream (maybe the URL is incorrect).
- 2
-
The stream was not ripped for unknown reasons. Please retry several times before giving up, you can write a script that loops until the rip succeeds:
until mmsrip mms://server.com/stream.asf; do sleep 1; done
Acknowledgements
This program is highly based on the work of SDP Multimedia (http://get.to/sdp) and Major MMS (http://www.geocities.com/majormms). They deserve all the credits for it.