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sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

rtmpdump, rtmpsrv and rtmpsuck are a set of tools used to get and convert online media streams...
You can play the streams directly through mplayer or vlc.

See VLC-GTK 2.4 for a pre-built GUI solution...

http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/

I've attached a .pet of rtmpdump to this thread.
It was compiled in wary 511... should work in recent pups.

I have a list of rtmpdump commands for various live TV channels.
If you can add more channels/stations to the list, that's great!!

You can 'pipe' rtmpdump commands straight to mplayer or vlc.
This allows you to watch live TV streams in vlc or mplayer.

Here is are some example commands, Al Jazeera and BBC World News:

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

If you have more TV channels or streams please add them here!

keniv · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 195 Location: Scotland

Hello scOttman

Works for me using 528 on old Toshiba laptop 800MHz 320MB using mplayer. Both vlc and cvlc freeze. Also cannot get urls starting http or mms to work. I get a syntax error and so think that I am not entering them correctly. Could you post an example as you did with the rtmp urls. Thanks for this pet.

Regards,

Ken.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

stu90 · Posted: Thu 02 Aug 2012, 07:13 Post subject:

Hi sc0ttman
Here are a few more. Cool

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

keniv · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 195 Location: Scotland

Hi scOttman

I did not realise it was that simple. Have also tried some of stu90s urls. Thanks for these. Sorry I do not have any to add.

Regards,

Ken.

vovchik · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 1285 Location: Ukraine

Dear scOttman & Stu,

The URLs are great and they work. Smile

Since Stu has done some nice, quick guis, perhaps he would oblige us with a little combobox gtkdialog or yad script. It would be very convenient, using mplayer.

With thanks and kind regards,
vovchik

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

How to get live online rtmp streams in your preferred media player

Use the tool 'rtmpsuck' to get the stream info.
Use 'rtmpdump' to record or pipe the stream.

Type 'rtmpsuck --help' into a terminal to see the full help
Also 'rtmpdump --help'...

You must do the following, to be able to get and record/play online video streams:

1. You must run this command in a terminal, to setup IP settings as needed:

stu90 · Posted: Fri 03 Aug 2012, 07:59 Post subject:

vovchik · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 1285 Location: Ukraine

Dear Stu,

Thanks! It works fine - and with tput. I have been looking for more URLs and will post soon. Have to test them all....

With kind regards,
vovchik

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

Here is a basic BETA quality script I made... Stu beat me to it...
Mine should work in X and no X environments...
Uses Xdialog or dialog, depending...

Also depends on rtmpdump for many streams, and vlc/mplayer

No X environment not tested a bit, works fine I think...

You need to change line 11, to whatever player you use

keniv · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 195 Location: Scotland

Hi All

Have tried both stu90 and scOtmans scripts. Both very good.

scOtman

Would it be possible to leave the dialogue box in place when a channel is selected? This would mean that if you wish to change channel you could do so without restarting the script.

Regards,

Ken.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

keniv · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 195 Location: Scotland

Thanks scOttman. I included your extra code and it works well. Have also tried using mplayer but have found it does not play some of the radio stations. The BBC stations seem to be a problem in this respect. I also have a problem shutting radio stations off when using cvlc. I cannot find a key that lets me "quit". Have tried cvlc -H in a terminal but this did not provide the info I need. I know esc or q work for mplayer. Anybody know what to use in cvlc?

Regards,

Ken.