MSDL

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Oct 2009
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NAME

msdl - Media Stream DownLoader

SYNOPSIS

msdl [options] targets

DESCRIPTION

msdl (media stream downloader) is a multi-protocol downloader for various streaming protocols, such as
* mms
* mmsh
* real-rtsp
* wms-rtsp
* ftp
* http

OPTIONS

-o, --output <localfile>

specify output file name. '-o -': 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>

continue (resume) downloading

-a, --auto-retry <num>

auto-retry aborted download, retry <num> times. if num = 0, retry will be 10 times.

-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 <range>

specify byterange to get. [xxx]-[xxx] range specifier must be digit (only for http and ftp).

--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). 30m or 30:00 formats are also available.

--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

AUTHOR

metro <me_t_ro (at) yahoo.com>

REPORTING BUGS

please report bugs or comments to <me_t_ro (at) yahoo.com>

COPYRIGHT

please see COPYING file in msdl package.