ziln.co.nz publishes its streams via Shockwave player using javascript similar to this: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ziln.co.nz/player/swfobject.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://www.ziln.co.nz/player/player_live.swf", "mymovie", "1024","768", "8", "#000000"); so.addParam("quality", "high"); so.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); so.addVariable("stream128","aljazeera1"); so.addVariable("stream256","aljazeera2"); so.addVariable("stream384","aljazeera3"); so.addVariable("prerollfile","http://www.ziln.co.nz/ziln_cms/ads/ziln/Ziln_ad-2_640x360new5.1_1274234880.swf"); so.addVariable("preroll_time","1"); so.addParam("allowFullScreen","true"); so.write("flashcontent"); </script> The flash player is very heavy on CPU (~70% or more on my macbook pro.) vlc and mplayer are meant to support rtmp streaming, but dont seem to accept the live=1 url parameter. However, you can watch streams from ziln.co.nz (or other rtmp streaming sites) with this command: This is much better with mplayer using only ~17% CPU. :) You may need to tune the autosync and mc parameters, or select a lower bitrate stream depending on your connection/hardware. To pull the rtmp stream URL from other Shockwave-based sites, you can use Wireshark or another sniffer/dissector. |