I use this command to save RTSP video streams over night from one of our national TV stations, so I won't have to squeeze the data through my slow internet connection when I want to watch it the next day. For ease of use, you might want to put this in a file: #!/bin/bash FILE="`basename \"$1\"`" mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile "$FILE" -playlist "$1"
Rip DVD to YouTube ready AVI file, using MPEG-4 video codec and MP3 audio codec. Resizes to 320x240 and deinterlaces as needed.
Substitute whatever track number you want into the "dvd://1" parameter. The "-aid 128" is to select the English language.
This simple command will copy a DVD losslessly to your drive and remove the encryption.
1. Copy the url of the streaming video mms://etc... or http://... 2. Open up a terminal. 3. the command 4. Wait for the stream dump.
Can be useful to rip a CD. Show Sample Output
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