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Saving a video...? by Mike on 07-04-2004 at 02:38 PM
Hi.
Does anyone know how i can save a video i found on the internet?
The video is: http://www.famestory.gr/videoPopUp/0,4238,33988,00.html
When i right-click on the video "Save As..." is disabled... 
So does anyone know how i can save the video?
Btw im using WMP 8
Thanks! 
RE: Saving a video...? by Choli on 07-04-2004 at 09:35 PM
You can't save it because it's a streaming of video (it's an asx (http://www.famestory.gr/TCLasx/0,4227,33988,00.asx)).
RE: Saving a video...? by Mike on 07-04-2004 at 10:15 PM
Ummmm...
Which that means?
I always have to watch it from the web?
Because their servers seem to have a problem right now and i cant see the video nice...
RE: Saving a video...? by Tandy on 07-04-2004 at 10:52 PM
yep, you cant save it, it is being streamed from the site, and theres no way fo saving it, sorry 
Tandu
RE: Saving a video...? by Mike on 07-04-2004 at 11:27 PM
Hey!
I found a program called "CoCSoft Stream Down" which can download these movies...
I just have to give the location of the asx file and it downloads the movie.
The only bad thing is...
That it is 15 days trial...
Does anyone know a simiral program that does the same thing as CoCSoft?
RE: Saving a video...? by toddy on 07-04-2004 at 11:33 PM
quote:yeh i do, my friend has one. i will find out the name of it and update my post later
Originally posted by Mike2
Does anyone know a simiral program that does the same thing as CoCSoft?
[edit]
sorry, he says he has deleted it and can't remember the name. i will have a look round the internet, sure there will be a free one someone
RE: Saving a video...? by Mike on 07-04-2004 at 11:34 PM
quote:Thank you.
Originally posted by toddy
quote:yeh i do, my friend has one. i will find out the name of it and update my post later
Originally posted by Mike2
Does anyone know a simiral program that does the same thing as CoCSoft?
Btw, is it free?
RE: Saving a video...? by s7a5 on 07-05-2004 at 01:44 AM
wellhow about checkin in temporary folder
RE: Saving a video...? by toddy on 07-05-2004 at 01:51 AM
its a stream, it play straight off the internet. so it never saves on the computer. so it won't be in the temp folder
RE: Saving a video...? by WDZ on 07-05-2004 at 01:52 AM
quote:That works with SWFs and stuff, but streaming video? O_o I don't think the whole file would be saved locally. There might be a cache or something with parts of the file, but that's it...
Originally posted by distorted
wellhow about checkin in temporary folder
* WDZ slaps streaming video around a bit with a large savable mpeg.
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RE: Saving a video...? by CookieRevised on 07-05-2004 at 10:44 AM
quote:That depends on many many things (what format it is in, is it a stream, is it legal, etc... etc...)
Originally posted by Mike2
Hi.
Does anyone know how i can save a video i found on the internet?
quote:Indeed, streaming video isn't saved in any temporary folder. Even the small cached parts are often not saved at all, it's all in memory...
Originally posted by WDZ
quote:That works with SWFs and stuff, but streaming video? O_o I don't think the whole file would be saved locally. There might be a cache or something with parts of the file, but that's it...
Originally posted by distorted
wellhow about checkin in temporary folder
quote:"Save as" would never work with something like that because it is an implemented object. Only if that object allows you to save something, you will have the "save as" option. And since WMP doesn't allow it, you can't... with that method....
Originally posted by Mike2
The video is: http://www.famestory.gr/videoPopUp/0,4238,33988,00.html
When i right-click on the video "Save As..." is disabled...
So does anyone know how i can save the video?
Furthermore,
http://www.famestory.gr/videoPopUp/0,4238,33988,00.html is not a video, it is a simple HTML page which contains a streaming video object....
The streaming video object is:
http://www.famestory.gr/TCLasx/0,4227,33988,00.asx
This is just a reference file and in turn, it points to:
mms://media.antenna.gr/video/53BD23B0-41BC-4293-9591-66E3D036B79A.wmv
And that is the actual video. "wmv" is a normal Windows Media Video. "mms" is the streaming protocol. Depending on the server, you can either use the streaming "mms"-protocol, or you can use the "http"-protocol to play the file. In this case it can only be viewed by streaming...
But take note that saving some streamed media can be illegal! But since this video is of a so bad quality and seems to come from a public TV-broadcast, I hardly see any harm in saving it, so here it is:
(copy the url to a new browser window, as Lycos doesn't allow external linking)
Let me know when you've downloaded it, so I can take that crap off again
quote:That's VERY old, update to 9 asap
Originally posted by Mike2
Btw im using WMP 8
RE: Saving a video...? by Mike on 07-05-2004 at 06:28 PM
Thanks cookie i already downloaded it if you look at the above posts
You can take the file down...
Btw where can i found the actual location to the wmv?
I have to download the asx file and open it in notepad?
RE: Saving a video...? by CookieRevised on 07-05-2004 at 06:38 PM
quote:just try such things, you can't harm anything in trying... but in short: yes
Originally posted by Mike2
I have to download the asx file and open it in notepad?
RE: Saving a video...? by Mike on 07-06-2004 at 10:29 AM
Hmmm ok thanks but when im trying to download that file ( mms://media.antenna.gr/video/53BD23B0-41BC-4293-9591-66E3D036B79A.wmv ) with Right Click -> Save Target As... it says:
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Download could not complete!
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...BC-4293-9591-66E3D036B79A.wmv from media.antenna.gr
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OK
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How did you download that file?
Download manager?
RE: RE: Saving a video...? by CookieRevised on 07-06-2004 at 11:55 AM
quote:because it is streaming media, Streaming media can't be saved like that...
Originally posted by Mike2
Hmmm ok thanks but when im trying to download that file ( mms://media.antenna.gr/video/53BD23B0-41BC-4293-9591-66E3D036B79A.wmv ) with Right Click -> Save Target As... it says:
"Download could not complete!"
"...BC-4293-9591-66E3D036B79A.wmv from media.antenna.gr"
quote:Download managers do exactly the same as if you were "right-clicking > save as" on several files. They do nothing more. So, no, you can't use them....
Originally posted by Mike2
How did you download that file?
Download manager?
I used a streaming software to capture it (not free)...