On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 15:56:20 UTC, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmut Krafft) wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:31:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (David Forrester) wrote: > > > I'll have > > another look at asfrecorder. > > As it runs on Linux and SUN OS, I gave it a try, and it works. > The downloaded files are usable (at least, with a 'real' media > player...). The legality of the whole stuff is a bit unclear to > me, otherwise I'd have put it on Hobbes... (But I think the > content providers are responsible for their offerings, shouldn't > they be?) > > Anyway, it's easy to DIY: > > Compile it with gcc (emx) and the option -lsocket _after_ all the > other options/filenames. > (You might also need the emx/BSD networking libraries, if you > don't have them.) > Also, add the following to the source code: > --- > #define EMX > > #ifdef EMX > > #define strncasecmp strnicmp > #define strcasecmp stricmp > > #endif /*EMX*/ > --- > > This applies for the CLI version only, I didn't look at the GUI > stuff. (I don't need them fancy interfaces ;-) > It works! Took me all of five minutes to get it running. And, I think it's better than MMSClient as it can process the ASX files to to retrieve the streams they point at. I agree with you about the legality of putting this on hobbes. I do think it's the content providers responsibility for their content, and I don't think they should be allowed to tie us to a particular OS, browser and media player. The other problem is that Microsoft may think they own the algorithms or formats that asfrecorder is using. But, as I easily found there programs to do this (asfrecorder, mmsclient and SDP), it's either to late to stop it, or they don't care. -- David Forrester davidfor at internode dot on dot net http://www.os2world.com/djfos2
