[NTLUG:Discuss] Linus interview

[Chris Cox]

Not knowing the "rm" format... I did notice that the ram file
was referenced in the rm.... so I wrote the following script
to invoke the realplayer to allow for playing these without
using the embedded player.

 
if head -1 "$1" | grep "^http://"; then
    echo "reaplay: "`head -1 "$1"` >/tmp/realplay.out
    /usr/bin/realplay.bin `head -1 "$1"`
else
    /usr/bin/realplay.bin "$1"
fi >/dev/null 2>&1

So my script became realplay and the actual binary
became realplay.bin.  I haven't had to use this
lately... but in case it's of use to anyone.

Regards,
Chris
                                                           
MadHat wrote:
> 
> At 10:02 AM 6/5/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >mine started downloading the .ram file in netscape.
> >
> >Listen to computer programmer Linus Torvalds is a direct link to the ram.
> >
> >mouse over shows it in the bottom url thingie.
> 
> .ram files are just pointers to the .rm file (the actual media).  This is
> rtsp://audio.npr.org/fa/20010604.fa.rm
> which works fine in Real player or if you put it in your browser, it should
> start the real player on its own.  There is not a way to download the .rm
> file (that is by design) as it is only accessible through the rtsp
> protocol, and not a protocol that can be used for download directly.
> 
> If you look at the .ram file with vi or your favorite text editor, all you
> will see is one line, the one above.  audio.npr.org does not have a regular
> web server on it.  You can't download the .rm file.  The real server is not
> designed to just give you the file that way.
> 
> >George E. Lass wrote:
> >
> >>"Michael H. Collins" wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hold down shift when you clik on it.
> >>Already tried that and all it did was save the info that the browser is
> >>supposed to pass to
> >>the RealAudio player/plugin:
> >>rtsp://audio.npr.org/fa/20010604.fa.rm?start="00:00:00.000"&end="00:32:18.714"
> >>Once this info is passed to RealAudio, RealAudio will go out
> >>and get the real file.....
> >>George
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