[Linux-disciples] Grabbing all of a streaming video

Stephen R Laniel linux-disciples@bostoncoop.net
Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:27:37 -0500


I have a .ASX file -- streaming Windows Media, I think? -- that I
want to grab the entirety of. The URL is

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/wmx/wpa300.asx

which looks like so inside (in its entirety):

/*
<asx version = "1.0">
  <title></title>
  <entry>

<ref href =
"mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/windows/wxp/prodactiv_8x6_Audio_300k.wmv"/>

  </entry>
</asx>
*/

In turn, if you try to grab the 'href' on the inside (changing
'mms://' to 'http://'), you get this:
/*
[Reference]
Ref1=http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/windows/wxp/prodactiv_8x6_Audio_300k.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf
Ref2=http://207.46.249.94:80/ms/windows/wxp/prodactiv_8x6_Audio_300k.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf
*/

Any idea how to grab and save the whole file? It would be helpful
here at my job. I figured someone here would know how to do this.

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