MSDL(1) User Commands MSDL(1)NAMEmsdl - Media Stream DownLoader
SYNOPSISmsdl [options] targets
DESCRIPTIONmsdl (media stream downloader) is a multi-protocol downloader for vari‐
ous streaming protocols, such as mms, mmsh, real-rtsp, wms-rtsp, ftp,
and http.
OPTIONS-o, --output <localfile>
specify output file name. do '-o -' if you want the file content
to be written to stdout.
-l, --logfile <logfile>
print log to logfile instead of console.
-v, --verbose
show verbose messages.
-V, --version
show version information.
-q, --quiet
do quietly. no output.
-c, --continue <url to continue>
continue downloading url. if file cannot be found in local
directory, start downloading from beginning.
-a, --auto-retry <num>
auto-retry aborted download, <num> times. if num = 0, retry
will be 10 times. '-a inf' for infinite.
-b, --bandwidth <bandwidth>
set bandwidth.
-s, --speed <speed>
set streaming speed. default is "1.000".
* this option may be ignored by a server.
-r, --range <range>
set range (for RTSP). default is "0.000-".
range : [time]"-"[time]
time : 123.45, 1:2:3.45, 1h23m45s.67, etc
* this option may be ignored by a server.
-m, --metafile <url>
treat url as metafile.
-n, --no-metafile <url>
DO NOT treat url as metafile.
-h, --help
display help message.
-p, --protocol <protocol>
specify download protocol.
--byterange <url>
specify byterange to get. [xxx]-[xxx] range specifier must be
digit.
--username <username>
user name for http and ftp.
--password <password>
password for http and ftp.
--no-proxy
DO NOT use proxy, even if HTTP_PROXY set.
--no-passive-ftp
DO NOT use passive mode in FTP.
--stream-timeout <time>
Quit streaming after specified time (second).
* If you want 30 minutes streaming, do --stream-timeout 30m.
--debug
show debug message (super verbose).
use this option to see protocol transactions.
* supported protocols:
mmst : mms:// mmst://
mmsh : mmsh:// http://
real-rtsp : rtsp://
wms-rtsp : mms:// rtsp://
http : http://
ftp : ftp://
* to use proxy for mms, mmsh, and http, set HTTP_PROXY variable.
* "-s" and "-r" are for *-rtsp, and these options may be ignored.
* basic authentication is supported in HTTP.
* if no username and password specified in ftp, anonymous will be used.
EXAMPLES
$ msdl-s 5.000 -r 15m00s-1:2:3.45 http://www.foo.com/bar.asx
$ msdl--username fuga --password fugafuga ftp://ftp.foo.com/bar.avi
$ msdl-p rtsp -s 12 rtsp://real.server.com/foobar.rm
$ msdl-m http://www.foo.com:12345/fuga/playlist.txt
$ msdl--byterange 3000-6000 http://www.foooooobar.com/foooooooooo.html
$ msdl-c http://www.fuga.com/fuga.wmv
$ msdl--stream-timeout 30m http://www.foo.com/bar.asx
AUTHOR
metro <me_t_ro@yahoo.com>
REPORTING BUGS
please report bugs or comments to <me_t_ro@yahoo.com>
COPYRIGHT
please see COPYING file in msdl package.
msdl 1.2.7 Feb 2010 MSDL(1)
