* Paul Howie [09-24-04 07:06]:

You want to be careful about breaking copyright agreements, simply being able to view a broadcast doesn't give you complete ownership of it. If you're ok on the copyright issue you can download the entire Hitchiker's series over the edonkey network.

I'd find and post links, but I don't want to be labled a pirate :-)

IANAL AIUI, you may record for your own entertainment what you hear publically as long as you do not invade someone's privacy by recording private conversation w/o the other person's knowledge. This is not piracy, it's paranoia. :^| -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

In a previous message, BandiPat wrote:

John, If you have all the plugins installed for XMMS, you should be able to listen too and save the streams with it. It will stream realplayer files, so you shouldn't have any trouble.

Unfortunately, xmms stopped playing realplayer files after I installed RealPlayer 10 :-( There doesn't seem to be an equivalent file to the RP8 plugin in the RP10 distribution. I found that Kaffeine would play the file, and tried to save it from there. However, it seems to be protected because Kaffeine complained that it couldn't save copyright-protected material. I guess that, if the BBC want to keep it live only, I'll have to live with that. Thanks all, John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards

In a previous message, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:

mplayer -dumpstream mms://wm.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/h2g3_episode1.asf

Good try, but it just returns "Stream not seekable!" John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!

On Friday 24 September 2004 17:45, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:

On Friday 24 September 2004 16:09, John Pettigrew wrote:

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In a previous message, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:

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mplayer -dumpstream mms://wm.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/h2g3_episode1.asf

Good try, but it just returns "Stream not seekable!"

I just got home. I get the same message, but that doesn't appear to stop it from streaming the audio. It's currently creating the dump file on my machine. I'll see how it turns out.

Well, the dump itself went fine, but the stream was not correctly buffered. The audiospeed therefore differs quite a bit here and there, causing small skips and slowdowns. I'll see if there are alternatives possible. Regards, Pieter Hulshoff

On Friday 24 September 2004 08:43, John Pettigrew wrote:

In a previous message, BandiPat wrote:

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John, If you have all the plugins installed for XMMS, you should be able to listen too and save the streams with it. It will stream realplayer files, so you shouldn't have any trouble.

Unfortunately, xmms stopped playing realplayer files after I installed RealPlayer 10 :-( There doesn't seem to be an equivalent file to the RP8 plugin in the RP10 distribution.

I found that Kaffeine would play the file, and tried to save it from there. However, it seems to be protected because Kaffeine complained that it couldn't save copyright-protected material. I guess that, if the BBC want to keep it live only, I'll have to live with that.

Thanks all,

John Not sure about BBC, but I've used streamripper & streamtuner for other URLs. -- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"

In a previous message, "Steve Kratz" wrote:

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However, it seems to be protected because Kaffeine complained that it couldn't save copyright-protected material.

Tried the Packman copy of Kaffeine? I've seen a lot of "limitations" imposed by the SuSE-bundled players to be gone from the Packman releases...

I'm using the Packman version - I need it to play DVDs anyway! Thanks, John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!