# Install msdl with Homebrew

Downloader for various streaming protocols. Version 1.2.7-r2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:msdl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install msdl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:msdl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/msdl>
- **Version:** 1.2.7-r2
- **Source summary:** Downloader for various streaming protocols
- **Homepage:** <https://msdl.sourceforge.net/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://msdl.sourceforge.net/>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/msdl/msdl/msdl-1.2.7-r2/msdl-1.2.7-r2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- msdl (cli)
- msdl (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.2.7-r2
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://msdl.sourceforge.net/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

msdl, short for Media Stream DownLoader, is an open-source command-line downloader for media stream URLs and older streaming protocols.

### Project history

The official SourceForge-hosted site describes msdl as a downloader for mms:// and rtsp:// URLs, supporting MMS, MMSH, WMS-RTSP, Real-RTSP, FTP, and HTTP on Linux and BSD systems. The SourceForge file feed shows the public release series from 0.9 in 2007 through 1.2.7-r2 in 2010.

### Adoption history

msdl's packaging niche is legacy streaming-media retrieval: it covers protocols and server behavior that general HTTP download tools historically did not handle well.

### How it is used

The official manual documents output-file selection, resume, retry, bandwidth and stream-speed controls, RTSP ranges, metafile handling, protocol selection, proxy behavior through HTTP_PROXY, and basic HTTP or FTP authentication passed as command-line options.

### Why package nerds care

In package collections, msdl is less about modern video platforms and more about preserving access to old streaming protocols with a small C-era command-line tool.

### Timeline

- 2007: SourceForge file feed lists msdl 0.9 and 1.0 tarball releases.
- 2009: SourceForge file feed lists the 1.2.x series.
- 2010: SourceForge file feed lists msdl 1.2.7-r2.

### Sources

- <https://msdl.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://msdl.sourceforge.net/msdlhelp.html>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/msdl/rss?path=/msdl>
- source_facts.description
- source_facts.homepage


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** msdl
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


## Related links

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- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/msdl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/msdl.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph