MMSCLIENT(1)

NAME
mmsclient - download Microsoft Media streams

SYNOPSIS
mmsclient url1

DESCRIPTION
mmsclient is a simple utility that allows you to download Internet streams using Microsoft's MMS protocol, e.g. CNN video and similar. Downloaded stream can be watched/listened with any software that understands Microsoft Media format, like xine with mms-plugin.

OPTIONS

Only one argument is required, the URL to the stream you want to download. Don't let to confuse yourself by verbose output, once it's finished, you'll find the stream .asf file in the current directory.

CREDITS
This software would never have been possible without the help from http://get.to/sdp.

EXAMPLES
mmsclient mms://netshow.msn.com/msnbc8
This will attempt to download Microsoft Media stream and save it as `msnbc8' file in the current directory.

BUGS

Lacks some useful command line options, not to mention probable bugs.

AUTHORS
mmsclient was written by "Major MMS" (http://www.geocities.com/majormms/). The manual page was written by Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe@regency.nsu.ru).