PBS's Newshour 15 min segment on VOA-BBG (FRI 26 JAN)?
Do mpeg copies exist (that are fully downloadable)?

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:47:53 -0800, Max Power wrote:

PBS's Newshour 15 min segment on VOA-BBG (FRI 26 JAN)? Do mpeg copies
exist (that are fully downloadable)?

Search the video segment of their website. it's there. interesting

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:06:08 -0800, "Max Power"
wrote:


Sadly, only a "RAM" (Real Media) 1kb segment exists -- downloading the full
15m segment is impossible.

I am looking for a 1mbs MPEG file, or WMV worst case.
I have "Download Them All" power downloader -- so size is not an issue.

The Real Audio file is 10 minutes. The trouble is that you need to use
the real media protocol, RTSP:// or the older PNM:// and not something
like HTTP://.

There was a program called Streamworks VCR which was in beta when
RealAudio sued Streamworks. It knew how to download rtsp:// and
pnm://. (and also Windows Media mms://) Streamworks later went out of
business.

Rumor has it that you might be able to find, with a Google search on
Streamworks, a suite of cracked and improved Streamworks beta programs
including vcr and a program which can convert Real Audio files to MP3.

Rumor also has it that the program which converts RA to MP3 might need
the following workaround to the change of name of some DLL's in recent
versions of Real Audio:

cd \Program Files\Common Files\Real\Codecs
copy cook.dll cook3260.dll
copy sipr.dll sipr3260.dll

There are also several other programs that can download RTSP including
the shareware download manager NetTransport.

The programs which still have an official existence may be able to
handle newer versions of Real Audio and Windows Media than the dead
programs.


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Hmm - as far as I can see


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Hmm - as far as I can see

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redi...0126_voa28.mp3

and

http://media.pbs.org/ramgen/newshour...70126_voa28.rm

are both the same sound bytes, both just over 10 minutews long.

As I said, the difference between the two is that the mp3 file can be
downloaded by any program which knows how to do http, such as a
browser.

On the other hand, the .rm file is really a .ram type file - a pointer
to a Real Audio sound file.

rtsp://rm.z1.mii-streaming.net/media/pbs/quicktime_real/newshour/expansion/2007/01/26/20070126_voa28.rm?altplay=20070126_voa28.rm
--stop--
pnm://rm.z1.mii-streaming.net/media/pbs/quicktime_real/newshour/expansion/2007/01/26/20070126_voa28.rm?altplay=20070126_voa28.rm

This file can be listened to with a Real Audio player. But it cannot
be downloaded unless you use a third party tool like the
sued-out-of-legal-existence Streamworks VCR or NetTransport.

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I have a Windows Media file of the PBS piece,
if anyone wants it, and can take a hefty file..