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ibneko ([personal profile] ibneko) wrote2007-06-16 12:49 pm
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VLC: Ripping streams as RAW

Probably of interest to [livejournal.com profile] evrdream33.

I did manage to save a copy of the Tiny Ninja Theater Shakespeare things that played on the Millennium Theatre at the Kennedy Center. But unfortunately, I couldn't find proper software to rip rm streams, and saved the first one using VLC as RAW and the second one using both mplayer and vlc - the former using the -dumpstream option, and the latter using the RAW option.

Unfortunately, I discovered that I have no idea how to convert the raw streams into something I can view, and RealPlayer refuses to play the raw streams. When I find time, I'll try to compare the output from mplayer with the output from vlc - I know mplayer's dumpstream adds the data information to the head of the file, and as a result, RealPlayer will actually agree to read the file... but it refuses to play the files that were streamed live, while files that were recorded and then streamed-on-request play perfectly fine. XP

Stupid RealPlayer...

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I didn't think it was that interesting though. Yay, little figures. Yay shakespeare? :\ The Reduced Shakespeare Company (I think that was the name...) was much more interesting to watch.

[identity profile] evrdream33.livejournal.com 2007-06-16 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
=D! Thank you!!! Don't worry about. Even if you can't get it to play, I appreciate that you did that for me. =3