Fast MMS streaming downloader?

Question

VLC can download MMS streaming video using the following command...

C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC>vlc mms://blah.akamaistream.net/mystreaming.wmv :demux=dump :demuxdump-file=mystreaming.ps

... but it downloads the show at the regular reading speed. For shows that last longer than a few minutes, I was wondering if someone could recommend a good, preferable free, download for Windows to speed downloading?

Answer 1

I can answer in two scenarios:

1. real-time streaming: obviously you can't download faster than real time
2. sometimes (not sure how often) the mms:// link is basically a glorified http:// url, so you can simply download it directly

Additionally, even if it is a regular file, it may be set up to only download at about the same as its bitrate, to minimize bandwidth usage, which would be another obstacle against downloading it faster than real-time.