help to know about ffmpeg /ffmplay streaming

[freez]

i am totally new about ffmpeg & ffplay , i read here a lot af post & threads about streaming via ffmpeg & ffmplay !!! i really want to know about this how to stream which file i have to download & how to rip a link with ffmpeg , i reaally appreciate any help from u guys thank u

[freez]

can anyone give me the links to read about my request

[chap]

http://www.ffmpeg.org/documentation.html

[dublin]

Originally Posted by freez

i am totally new about ffmpeg & ffplay , i read here a lot af post & threads about streaming via ffmpeg & ffmplay !!! i really want to know about this how to stream which file i have to download & how to rip a link with ffmpeg , i reaally appreciate any help from u guys thank u

Read the documentation. Or run 'ffmpeg --help' If you are using windows get latest static build from here.

[freez]

thank u all , could u please post command string i use it for extracting link stream for example m3u8 or rtmp

[evol]

If you have a .m3u8 stream just use ffplay like this from the cmd prompt.

ffplay -x 800 -y 500 "M3U8 STREAM GOES HERE"

[freez]

guys i am asking about how to sniff or to catch a streaming link by ffmpeg , what string command do i write , or what do i need to get , please explain , thanx all for help

[evol]

All you do is change your browsers user agent to ipod or ipad easy as that.

[dublin]

Originally Posted by freez

guys i am asking about how to sniff or to catch a streaming link by ffmpeg

You can't do it with ffmpeg/ffplay. Use URLsnooper or similar program to catch those streams.

[Nomorecocktails]

You can grab the url you need with Firefox and its console window. Take for example ABC Word News videos. I can use the console (crtl+shift+k) to get the m3u8 address and then i can pass that to ffmpeg to grab the video in question,

In a cmd prompt for ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -i "m3u8 url goes here" -c copy file.mkv