On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:45:50 +0000 bat guano <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:28:25 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Seeking guidance to record streaming audio at time of > > broadcast > > > > On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:21:29 +0100 > > marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:18:06 +0100 > > > Clive <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I have not used get_iplayer to record a live broadcast. I would > > > > like to record Saturday's BBC R3 Opera Tosca at 6pm (in the > > > > highest quality available). I would be grateful if someone > > > > could give me the command line, with an explanation, and > > > > explain how I find the server details for a particular > > > > broadcast. > > > > > > > > Many thanks. > > > > > > > > Clive > > > > > > While running the risk of getting kicked in the balls for saying > > > so here, I use mplayer to do the recording of live radio > > > programmes. mplayer seems to handle live streams better (for me), > > > I see less stream drops and cut outs than using get_iplayer. > > > > > > The command > > > > > > mplayer 'url_of_stream' -dumpstream -dumpfile > > > captured_file_name.aac > > > > > > mplayer > > > 'http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1317145324&e=1317159724&h=b006a0bc719af9662e473ebc29ae78a6' > > > -dumpstream -dumpfile r3.aac > > > > > > This dumps the 320kbit aac stream into a file called r3.aac > > > > > > To find a radio stream url go to somewhere like > > > http://www.listenlive.eu/uk.html and open the playlist file of the > > > station/format/bitrate in a text editor and just copy and paste it > > > into the above command. (Make sure you surround the url in single > > > ' quotes or the "&'s" will cause you problems.) > > > > > > -Marshall > > > > > > > Yeah I forgot to say ctrl-c to end/finsh the stream dump. > > > > > That's smart Marshall. :-) > > (I didn't know that Radio 3 HD 320k was now available using a pls > feed). > > Your commmand can be simplified a little:- > mplayer 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3_aaclca.pls' > -dumpstream -dumpfile r3.aac > > Then wrap it in m4a:- > ffmpeg -i r3.aac -acodec copy -absf aac_adtstoasc r3.m4a > > I think using the "pls" feed with mPlayer will be more reliable than > using the "mediaselector/special_event" feed with get_iplayer. ;-) > Nice, I'm all for keeping it simple. :D I take it the ffmpeg command is for turning the file into something itunes can handle, if you need that sort of thing? -Marshall _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
