Capturing Video... lots of ideas, none working so far.

[icarus]

Alrighty then. I'm trying several ways to capture video. YouTube is easy. I'm trying to do this, however, from a site that's gotten creative in how the streaming video is displayed. The video appears in a little window within a pop-up window. There is no URL to the file.

Real Player version 11 Tools -- Preferences -- Downloads and Recording

While this works nicely for YouTube, it records just the blue surrounding background window for the videos I'm trying to capture.

Firefox's Download Helper then convert it from flv using Media Converter. (Super (c) will also work.)

Download Helper shows a list of sites that it works on. My site is not on that list.

Use a program called 'Replay Media Catcher' to grab the file.

I'm trying out the free trial version of this now. So far it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I'll have to test it on YouTube to find out if I'm just using it incorrectly, or if it's this site again.

You don't need any software to capture the You Tube videos. UseInternet Explorer to access the site. Then open your Temporary Internet Files Folder via Windows Explorer. Sort the files by "Last Accessed" byclicking that heading. The YouTube videos have a filename using this pattern: "get_video?video_id=".
Drag this file to your desktop or another folder and give it the nameof the file you just watched with the filetype of ".flv". Download theFLV file player or VLC and you can watch the video as often as youlike. NOTE: The file won't appear in the folder until it is nearly done playing; the time depends upon your internet speed.

For some reason this isn't working for me. There is no file in my Temporary Internet Files folder (and I remember there once was a whole listing) just a dat file. ??

For firefox users, flash streamed videos can be found in the user'stemp folder in the format fla???.tmp. Wait until the progress bar iscomplete (press F5 in explorer to ensure that the file size is nolonger increasing) then use an unlocker to copy the file to anotherlocation with an flv extension. I use Unlocker from http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ (freeware).

I haven't tried this yet.

I am still open to suggestions, helps, advice from all you tech-savvy people. :)

In other news, I downloaded my first torrent last night. Go me.

Comments

[tardis80.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm not really sure if I succeeded in flagging it. I read through this post (http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/243697.html), and it says that if a user flags someone else's post, they have the choice to label it as "Explicit Adult Content," "Offensive Content," "Hate Speech," "Illegal Activity," or "Nude Images of Minors." I know I clicked on the little flag link, but I must have clicked on the Stop button fast enough because I didn't have to do the labeling thing.

*whew* I'm sorry if I surprised you. I didn't really know how the flagging thing worked and was horrified to think I might have done it accidentally. Thanks for being so understanding :)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Some people wouldn't say what happened. I appreciate you letting me know, and yeah, it sounds like something I would do. :D

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I tested it out by clicking the flag button on that lj_biz post (yes, I feel naughtily amused).

You would have seen this:

Flag Content

To report anything outside of these categories, please use the Abuse reporting system.

What is the nature of this content?

* Explicit Adult Content
* Offensive Content
* Hate Speech
* Illegal Activity
* Nude Images of Minors

There you are. No worries, mate. *slaps you on the back*