Comments on: Ripping And Encoding Streaming RM, or How I Defeated RealPlayer http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encoding-streaming-rm-or-how-i-defeated-realplayer/ Peter Christensen's Blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Troy http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encoding-streaming-rm-or-how-i-defeated-realplayer/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Troy Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:13:48 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/?p=236#comment-1254 In the rare event that somebody else is trying to do this, here's some possibly useful info: 1. SMPlayer actually can be used for the same procedure, from the command line. You just need to find the mplayer executable that gets installed alongside the rest of the SMPlayer stuff, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\SMPlayer\mplayer 2. In the case of getting the .rm files from this these webcasts (a UC Berkeley CS class) http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978391 I had to remove the -playlist argument for it to work. Not sure what difference that made. 3. To reiterate, it does look kind of like the command failed even if it's working. The only way I found to verify was to go look at the directory with the output file and watch its filesize keep growing. In the rare event that somebody else is trying to do this, here’s some possibly useful info:

1. SMPlayer actually can be used for the same procedure, from the command line. You just need to find the mplayer executable that gets installed alongside the rest of the SMPlayer stuff, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\SMPlayer\mplayer

2. In the case of getting the .rm files from this these webcasts (a UC Berkeley CS class) http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978391 I had to remove the -playlist argument for it to work. Not sure what difference that made.

3. To reiterate, it does look kind of like the command failed even if it’s working. The only way I found to verify was to go look at the directory with the output file and watch its filesize keep growing.

]]> By: Improved Means for Achieving Deteriorated Ends / Less fun, More funk http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encoding-streaming-rm-or-how-i-defeated-realplayer/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Improved Means for Achieving Deteriorated Ends / Less fun, More funk Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:33:31 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/?p=236#comment-804 [...] your site to stay up with the content I want forever. Even if you’re google or wikipedia. Thanks, Peter. Post a comment — Trackback URI RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was [...] [...] your site to stay up with the content I want forever. Even if you’re google or wikipedia. Thanks, Peter. Post a comment — Trackback URI RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was [...]

]]> By: Peter http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encoding-streaming-rm-or-how-i-defeated-realplayer/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Peter Tue, 13 May 2008 18:14:45 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/?p=236#comment-457 Sharma, Sigh. I guess that's what I get for not reading directions. Well, my method still works generally for non-OCW streams. Thanks for the tip! Sharma,
Sigh. I guess that’s what I get for not reading directions. Well, my method still works generally for non-OCW streams. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Sharma http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encoding-streaming-rm-or-how-i-defeated-realplayer/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Sharma Tue, 13 May 2008 18:12:24 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/?p=236#comment-456 Actually, you have the option of saving OCW videos to your hard disk: http://mit-ocw-thai.eng.chula.ac.th/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/help.htm#26 Actually, you have the option of saving OCW videos to your hard disk: http://mit-ocw-thai.eng.chula.ac.th/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/help.htm#26

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