Detecting MMS stream URL of AOL music video on a Mac

Hey guys,

I've looked far and wide for a program for the Mac that might help me get the MMS url of this video, but I've had no luck. I wish I had Windows, but unfortunately I don't. I was wondering if someone with Windows could help me get the URL of this MMS stream (or if someone could let me know how to do it on a Mac):

http://mp.aol.com/video.index.adp?pmmsid=1769744

I would really appreciate any help. I've figured out how to record the stream - but I just need to get the stream's URL (I've tried everything I could but nothing's worked).

Thanks again, cheers,

phil

AOL stream URLs expire very quickly, so there is no sense to post them.

You may try a packet sniffer. Unfortunately I can't suggest any program for the Mac.

Can you play any AOL stream on your Mac? If yes, what player is used and can you get to the Properties of the player when it is playing a stream?

Hi there, thanks for the response.

I found the root video, I guess I got lucky. While the video was loading, I noticed Firefox's status bar say "Transferring data from http://pdl.stream.aol.com..." and I ran a google search for that domain name. This brought up links to videos by other artists that began with that domain. So I played around with the URLs (changing up artist/label, etc) and to my absolute delight I got lucky with this one

http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aol...gravity_dl.mov

As a side note, be sure to check out that clip.. its sort of groundbreaking as far as music videos go.

Thanks again, cheers,

phil

many packet sniffers and even some firewalls will be able to give you the URL of HTTP stream. Yet again I don't have any software suggestions 'coz I don't have Mac.