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DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

-o, --output <localfile>

specify output file name. do '-o -' if you want the file content to be written to stdout.

-l, --logfile <logfile>

print log to logfile instead of console.

-v, --verbose

show verbose messages.

-V, --version

show version information.

-q, --quiet

do quietly. no output.

-c, --continue <url to continue>

continue downloading url. if file cannot be found in local directory, start downloading from beginning.

-a, --auto-retry <num>

auto-retry aborted download, <num> times. if num = 0, retry will be 10 times. '-a inf' for infinite.

-b, --bandwidth <bandwidth>

set bandwidth.

-s, --speed <speed>

set streaming speed. default is "1.000".
* this option may be ignored by a server.
    

-r, --range <range>

set range (for RTSP). default is "0.000-".
range : [time]"-"[time]
time  : 123.45, 1:2:3.45, 1h23m45s.67, etc
* this option may be ignored by a server.
    

-m, --metafile <url>

treat url as metafile.

-n, --no-metafile <url>

DO NOT treat url as metafile.

-h, --help

display help message.

-p, --protocol <protocol>

specify download protocol.

--byterange <url>

specify byterange to get. [xxx]-[xxx] range specifier must be digit.

--username <username>

user name for http and ftp.

--password <password>

password for http and ftp.

--no-proxy

DO NOT use proxy, even if HTTP_PROXY set.

--no-passive-ftp

DO NOT use passive mode in FTP.

--stream-timeout <time>

Quit streaming after specified time (second).
* If you want 30 minutes streaming, do --stream-timeout 30m.
    

--debug

show debug message (super verbose).
use this option to see protocol transactions.
    

* supported protocols:
    mmst      : mms://  mmst://
    mmsh      : mmsh:// http://
    real-rtsp : rtsp://
    wms-rtsp  : mms://  rtsp://
    http      : http://
    ftp       : ftp://
* to use proxy for mms, mmsh, and http, set HTTP_PROXY variable.
* "-s" and "-r" are for *-rtsp, and these options may be ignored.
* basic authentication is supported in HTTP.
* if no username and password specified in ftp, anonymous will be used.

EXAMPLES

$ msdl -s 5.000 -r 15m00s-1:2:3.45 http://www.foo.com/bar.asx 
$ msdl --username fuga --password fugafuga ftp://ftp.foo.com/bar.avi
$ msdl -p rtsp -s 12 rtsp://real.server.com/foobar.rm
$ msdl -m http://www.foo.com:12345/fuga/playlist.txt
$ msdl --byterange 3000-6000 http://www.foooooobar.com/foooooooooo.html
$ msdl -c http://www.fuga.com/fuga.wmv
$ msdl --stream-timeout 30m http://www.foo.com/bar.asx 

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