[colug-432] Streaming

[Thomas W. cranston]

On 01/09/2011 04:56 PM, William Yang wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 18:25 -0500, Matt Meinwald wrote:
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>> My guess is it is not on the hard drive at all.  I have seen flash store regular
>> videos in /tmp.  In more recent versions they seem to be deleting this file
>> immediately after creating it, but it is still accessible somewhere in
>> /proc/<PID>/fd/.
>>      
> That's a secure coding technique to prevent data leakage.
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>> I attempted to use the same strategy for a streamed video, but the only related
>> file in there is a socket connection to port 1935, apparently the port for RTMP
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol).  If you are really
>> serious about downloading these streams, it seems you would need to find the url
>> of the stream and a program that can handle RTMP (some can be found in the link
>> I provided).
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>> On 01/08/2011 06:10 PM, jep200404 at columbus.rr.com wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> You wrote:
>>>
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>>>> I streamed ACL 1/1/11 (Cheap Trick) this week at the Library. It does
>>>> not show up in tmp. Any idea where they hide it?
>>>>          
>>> Nope. I do not even know if it is on your hard drive.
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Does streaming work different than downloading a You Tube video?
>>>>          
>>> I do not know.
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>>>> Where does Austin City Limits hide their stream in my computer?
>>>>          
>>> Flash considers users to be the scum of the earth.
>>> I expect that PBS (not Austin City Limits) has decided
>>> to make saving the stream difficult. Search for flash in
>>> add-ons for Mozilla/IceWeasel. Try the different downloaders.
>>>
>>> Here's something to try.
>>>
>>> Before going to the web site for the video, execute:
>>>
>>>     man find
>>>     find />before.files
>>>
>>> As you are watching the video, execute:
>>>
>>>     find />while.files
>>>
>>> The compare them:
>>>
>>>     man diff
>>>     diff before.files while.files | less
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
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What is /<PID> , or what does it mean? Process ID? Does that mean I 
should look in /proc/1 thru /proc/tty?

tom at 1520:~$ cd /proc/<PID>/fd/
bash: PID: No such file or directory
tom at 1520:~$ cd /proc/<PID>/
bash: PID: No such file or directory