Capturing A Streaming Video

[Skier]

I wish to capture a video from the web. It's in a streaming format and despite the fact that I can find it in my Temporary Internet Files and it shows the full size of 13MB I cannot rename it to save it as an avi, mpeg etc etc file.

The link is as follows (you'll find it interesting) and any assistance will be gratefully received.

mms://a1755.v12948e.c12948.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1755/12948/v0001/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0728/9591734.300k.wmv

Regards and thanks in advance

Skier

[ccharlie6]

to capture streaming video i use a program called wm recorder 10 it does the job perfectly so well in fact that i recorded the full 24hour stream of this years le mans race

[thepassenger]

If you use Firefox have a google for "Video Download Plugin", Sadako uses it and it seems to work.
If that doesn't work then again, a quick google (or sourceforge search) for something like "mms save" or "stream ripper".

[Skier]

I have the plug-in for Forefox but this doesn't help as it doesn't open within a Firefox window; it opens in a the standalone Windows Media Player.

I've just switched to using IE7 by default to see what it's like. This after 2 years or so using Firefox.

Regards

Skier

[Bodo]

easy. It works with mplayer on Linux. Open a terminal and give the following command:

mplayer -dumpfile localfilename.wmv -dumpstream mms://a1755.v12948e.c12948.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1755/12948/v0001/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0728/9591734.300k.wmv

It works definitely on Linux (the file is 13.4MB), and there is an unstable dev version of mplayer available for other systems too: www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

[Skier]

Bodo,

Not being familiar with Linux or mplayer I'd appreciate a little guidance as I've downloaded mplayer for Windows but no matter what I do I cannot download the file. Where you've put 'localfilename.wmv' what do I need to type? A pathway to a file location?

Failing that, if you've captured the video would you PM it to me?

Regards

Skier

[Bodo]

Skier, yes, the local file name is the name the file is saved to. I've found it in the directory from where I started the terminal window. Now if you download the file to c:/tmp/caputurestream.wmv (use backslashes) you will find it there after downloading. It takes quite a while, and it doesn't show the progress in the terminal. I ignored all error messages as well.

Failing that, I can't email it to you because 13MB may be too big for an attachment; however I'll upload it onto a webserver and PM you the link.

Edited by Bodo on Sunday 22 October 11:45

[Skier]

Bodo,

Huge thanks for doing that. I will look into the player and how to get it to do as I wish but thanks again for taking the time to capture and host the file.

Regards

Skier