[MPlayer-users] realplayer files on the web: rm, ram, mov

[Roberto Togni]

On 2004.03.02 23:43, gilles at harfang.homelinux.org wrote:
> Sorry to jump into that thread, but my previous post remained
> unanswered :-{
> 
> > [...]
> > mplayer -playlist <url>
> > Ciao,
> > Roberto
> >
> 
> Is it possible to use mencoder similarly, i.e. in order to save on
> disk
> streaming media?  When I replace "mplayer" by "mencoder" in the
> above command, it says that "playlist" is not an "mencoder" option.
You don't use mencoder to save streams. Use MPlayer with -dumpstream  
option (there's also an option to give it a name different from stream. 
dump, check the man page).
> 
> Thanks,
> Gilles
Ciao,
 Roberto