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by 101001011 5331 days ago
mplayer -nocache -dumpstream -dumpfile file mms://a1869.v657641.c65764.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1869/65764/v0001/sos1473-1.streamos.download.akamai.com/65768/full/full11162011.wmv

ffmpeg -i file file.someformat

Surely there are some mplayer/ffmpeg experts here. I'm not one of them. There are no doubt more precise and efficient ways to do this but something like the above might work if the streaming is slow going.