mplayer -vo help #Available video output drivers


# Let mplayer use hardware timing
echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq

# rip <embedded> movies:
mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile matrix.mov http://embed.site.com/movie.mov
mplayer -dumpaudio -dumpfile radio.mp3 http://webradio.com/radio.mp3

rip real movies
mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 -oac mp3lame -o filename.avi http://url.to.streaming.video

# capture a few frames for a screenshot
mplayer dvd:// -vo jpeg -ss 90 -frames 30 -ao null