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Re: Detecting the format of a data stream.



On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 02:08:11PM -0800, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote:
> http://www.learner.org/faq/faq_broadband.html#broadband1 informs,
> "The VoDs play in either Windows Media or Flash format. Users of Internet 
> Explorer on Windows will generally see the VoDs in Windows Media format. 
> Users of other browsers on Windows machines, or users on other platforms, 
> will generally see Flash.
>   ...
> How do I view the videos on my iPad?
> Since most of the videos are in Flash, you'll have to download an app that 
> allows you to play Flash on your device."
> 
> Hopefully that really means "... most of the videos are in [WMV and] Flash, ...". 
> Iceweasel should receive the WMV but Flash might be sent.  
> 
> Is tshark recommended to detect whether it is WMV or Flash on the connection?  
> Is there a simpler means?

Try "mplayer -identify http://example.com/stream";.

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