Quoth Hereward Cooper, > The protocal is the problem, the http server is not the same as the > realserver (neither is ftp, ssh, telnet, etc...), and so can't be got > in the same way. If the file is avaliable through http, then it can be > downloaded so, but the realserver protocal require a supported reader > (ie http -> browser, rtsp -> realplayer).
I'm actually behind a completely fascist BOFH firewall all of the time, and can only access the outside world using a squid http proxy. Realplayer (at least current version), will let you view most realplayer streams through a http proxy. So it shouldn't be impossible to put a sniffer on the wire and look at what it does to use http. Whatever it does can probably be simulated and spooled directly to the disk. Of course, I can't try this myself, as the fascist firewall is now twice as bad, requiring authentication. Realplayer doesn't support authentication over http proxies, unfortunately. cheers, damon -- Damon Muller :: Department of Criminology :: University of Melbourne Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural. -- Hamlet
