Author Topic: Saving a streaming-only video? (Read 5054 times)

Ghisy · « **on:** February 22, 2004, 01:24:09 pm »

You guys, I have a problem: a singer I really really love is streaming a live show tonight online.
The thing is I'd like to save it (it's a live video webcast), the streaming format is .asx (Windows Media player).
Is there any way I could save it on my comp (using a software or whatever)??
Thanks, any help is appreciated!!

Laura · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2004, 01:43:38 pm »

Oh what singer is it? lol

Sorry I have no clue, that would be cool to do tho!

kev222 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2004, 02:33:04 pm »

There is software out there that will do it. I use Linux mplayer. For windows I once used a program called stream-down. It costs money, but the free trial version works fully (just a 30 day limit or something).

http://stream-down.cocsoft.com/

I've never used it on actual live streams, but I can't see why it wouldn't work.

-Kev

Ghisy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2004, 10:23:16 pm »

Thanks Kev.
It seems to have worked but the thing is I can't open the .asf file it created :?
Do you know how I could encode it in mpg or avi??
And Laura, the singer is Elly K, she's an awesome piano player who lives in the LA area.

kev222 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2004, 01:11:41 am »

VirtualDub will convert it to divx.

Download: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/tools?tool=399#comments
Guide: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/avi2divx.htm

Although the asf should play in Windows Media Player as it is.

-Kev

Ghisy · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2004, 01:18:34 am »

Quote from: "kev222"

VirtualDub will convert it to divx.

Download: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/tools?tool=399#comments
Guide: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/avi2divx.htm

Although the asf should play in Windows Media Player as it is.

-Kev

I've tried that. It says something like asf is a Microsoft format and doesn't wanna convert it.
And the vid is 170 mb but when I launch it with WMP, it just doesn't play. I guess the dl didn't work. :cry:

kev222 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:06:57 am »

Quote from: "Ghisy"

And the vid is 170 mb but when I launch it with WMP, it just doesn't play. I guess the dl didn't work. :cry:

Are you using one of the following versions of media player?

Windows Media Player 7
Windows Media Player for Windows XP
Windows Media Player 9 Series

Try and play this sample asf file. If it works then yeah, the download might have messed up. If it doesn't play you'll need to grab a later version of WMPlayer or maybe just download an ASF codec like this one.

But even if the download failed, 170 Megs is a lot of data, you must have something salvagable in there. If you can upload it anywhere then I can take a look at it, if you want.

-Kev

Ghisy · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:39:28 am »

Quote from: "kev222"

Are you using one of the following versions of media player?

Windows Media Player 7
Windows Media Player for Windows XP
Windows Media Player 9 Series

But even if the download failed, 170 Megs is a lot of data, you must have something salvagable in there. If you can upload it anywhere then I can take a look at it, if you want.

-Kev

I'm using WMP 9 Series, I downloaded that sample file and it works (well I only have the sound, no video).
I don't think I can upload such a large file on my webspace

Oh dude, it sucks, she even said hi to me in that vid.

TSE · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2004, 09:54:47 pm »

Can anyone help? I'm trying to save a highlight video from dodgers.com. It opens a Windows Media player embedded in the window.

This is what I'm looking at right now.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Major League Baseball : MLB.com Media Player</title>
<style>
	body{margin:0;background-color:#006;}
	.title {font-family:arial; font-size:10px; color:#FFBE3C; padding:0 5px;}
	.btn_playerctrls {font-family:arial; font-size:9px; color:#fff; padding:0 6px 0 0; cursor:pointer;}
</style>
<script src="/scripts/global.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
var _media_params=window.top.params;
var d = (document.location.href.substr(0,18)=="http://www.mlb.com") ? "http://mlb.mlb.com" : "";
var cfurl = d+"/NASApp/mlb/mlb/mediaplayer/context.jsp";
function init(){document.getElementById('contextframe').src = cfurl;}
function show_fullscreen_btn(){document.getElementById("btn_fullscreen").style.visibility="visible";}
cfurl += (_media_params.pid) ? "?pid="+ _media_params.pid : "";
cfurl += (_media_params.gid) ? "&gid="+ escape(_media_params.gid) : "";
cfurl += (_media_params.fid) ? "&fid="+ escape(_media_params.fid) : "";
cfurl += (_media_params.curl) ? "&curl="+ escape(_media_params.curl) : "";
window.onload=init;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
	<tr>
		<td colspan="3"><img src="/images/mediaplayer/y2004/player_top_border.gif" alt="" width="331" height="6" border="0"></td>
		<td rowspan="5" width="5" background="/images/mediaplayer/y2004/skin_bg_light.gif"></td>
		<td rowspan="5" width="303"><iframe src="about:blank" name="contextframe" id="contextframe" width="303" height="340" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="6" rowspan="3" background="/images/mediaplayer/y2004/player_left_border.gif"></td>
		<td width="319" height="27"><div class="title" id="media_title"></div></td>
		<td width="6" rowspan="3" background="/images/mediaplayer/y2004/player_right_border.gif"></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="319" height="280">
			<iframe src="/NASApp/mlb/scripts/mediaPlayer_iframe.jsp?format=w&media_url=mms%3A%2F%2Fa1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net%2F7%2F1503%2F10869%2Fv0001%2Fmlb.download.akamai.com%2F10869%2F2004%2Fopen%2Fpog%2Farchive08%2F082904_lannyn_pog_350.wmv%3Fct1%3Dmlb" name="playerframe" id="playerframe" width="319" height="280" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="319" height="20" align="right">
			<span class='btn_playerctrls' id='btn_fullscreen' onClick='playerframe.enableFullScreen();' style="visibility:hidden;"><img src='/images/mediaplayer/y2004/blue_button.gif' alt='' width='13' height='11' border='0'>FULL SCREEN</span>
			<span class="btn_playerctrls" id="btn_preferences" onClick="window.top.getMediaPref('clear');"><img src="/images/mediaplayer/y2004/blue_button.gif" alt="" width="13" height="11" border="0">PREFERENCES</span></a>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td colspan="3"><img src="/images/mediaplayer/y2004/player_bottom_border.gif" alt="" width="331" height="6" border="0"></td>
	</tr>
</table>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mlb.mlb.com/scripts/tracking_arrays.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
	var page_id_prefix = (_media_params.gid)?_media_params.gid:"gen_av";
	var section_id = (isAudioProd(_media_params.pid)) ? "audio" : "video";
	var club = "mlb";
	var section = "mediaplayer_"+section_id;
	var page_id = page_id_prefix + ((_media_params.fid) ? "_"+_media_params.fid : "");

	var thisURL = document.URL.toLowerCase();
	var isProd = (thisURL.indexOf("beta.mlb")==-1) ? true : false;
	var prefix = isProd ? "" : "dev";
	var s_account = prefix + "mlbglobal," + prefix + "mlb" + om_tracking_vars[club][0];
	var s_linkInternalFilters = "javascript:,.,/";
	if ( isProd ) {
		s_linkInternalFilters = "javascript:," + om_tracking_vars[club][1];
		if (om_tracking_vars[club][2] != null) s_linkInternalFilters = s_linkInternalFilters + "," + om_tracking_vars[club][2];
		s_linkInternalFilters += ",/";
	}
	var s_channel = section;
	var s_prop1 = page_id;
	var s_prop5 = (typeof s_prop22 == "undefined") ? "" : s_prop1 + "&" + s_prop22;
	var s_pageName=""; var s_server=""; var s_pageType=""; var s_prop2=""; var s_prop3=""; var s_prop4="";
	var s_campaign=""; var s_state=""; var s_zip=""; var s_events=""; var s_products=""; var s_eVar1="";
	if (typeof s_purchaseID == "undefined") var s_purchaseID = "";
	var file_name = thisURL.indexOf("/nasapp/mlb") + 12;
	if (file_name != 11) s_pageName = thisURL.slice(file_name);
</script>
<span onclick="var list='';for (var param in _media_params){list+=param+'='+_media_params[param]+'\n\n';}alert(list);">&nbsp;</span>
<div style="position:absolute;top;left:0;z-index:1000;width:1px;height:1px;clip:rect(0,1,1,0);">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mlb.mlb.com/scripts/s_code_remote.js"></script>
</div>
</body>
</html>

I tried copying the "mms%3A%2F%2Fa1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net%2F7%2F1503%2F10869%2Fv0001%2Fmlb.download.akamai.com%2F10869%2F2004%2Fopen%2Fpog%2Farchive08%2F082904_lannyn_pog_350.wmv%3Fct1%3Dmlb" part into the "open URL" in WMP and got an error saying it can't find the specifed location.

You can see the window it opens in by going to http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp and page through the headline window up top and see

and clicking "Plays of the Game"

Or here: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/video/daily.jsp
and click on "Plays of the Game: for LA@NYM 08/29/04

I know you guys can figure this out

(17 Grand Slams! Amazing! Everyone should watch. :wink:)

kev222 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2004, 02:08:57 am »

Quote from: "TSE"

I tried copying the "mms%3A%2F%2Fa1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net%2F7%2F1503%2F10869%2Fv0001%2Fmlb.download.akamai.com%2F10869%2F2004%2Fopen%2Fpog%2Farchive08%2F082904_lannyn_pog_350.wmv%3Fct1%3Dmlb" part into the "open URL" in WMP and got an error saying it can't find the specifed location.

Close C

But that movie location is URL encoded because it has to be passed into an IFRAME on the URL. Which is why media player failed to find it. If you decode it (below), then it will work.

mms://a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2004/open/pog/archive08/082904_lannyn_pog_350.wmv?ct1=mlb

However, it's mms:// which is a streaming protocol, so you'll still only be able to watch it, not save it. If you need to save it, then you need some special software. The "Stream Down" program that I mentioned to Ghis above will do the job

Let me know if you get any trouble.

-Kev

keith · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2004, 07:45:41 am »

VirtualDub sucks, it always crashes when I try to use .avi files because they're all DiVx encoded.

Ghisy · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2004, 09:16:01 am »

Quote from: "kev222"

However, it's mms:// which is a streaming protocol, so you'll still only be able to watch it, not save it. If you need to save it, then you need some special software. The "Stream Down" program that I mentioned to Ghis above will do the job

Hehe, I've found better than Stream Down, it's called "WM Recorder".
Beats everything, it downloads any streaming WMP-based media, woot!

TSE · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2004, 09:32:18 am »

Quote from: "kev222"

Close C But that movie location is URL encoded because it has to be passed into an IFRAME on the URL. Which is why media player failed to find it. If you decode it (below), then it will work.

mms://a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2004/open/pog/archive08/082904_lannyn_pog_350.wmv?ct1=mlb

However, it's mms:// which is a streaming protocol, so you'll still only be able to watch it, not save it. If you need to save it, then you need some special software. The "Stream Down" program that I mentioned to Ghis above will do the job

Let me know if you get any trouble.

-Kev

I got it!

Replace %2F with a foward slash? Was it that easy? *sigh* Thank you! Thank you!

kev222 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2004, 12:38:52 am »

Quote from: "TSE"

I got it! Replace %2F with a foward slash? Was it that easy? *sigh*

Not quite. There are other symbols too. %3D is '=', %3A is ':', etc.

Quote from: "TSE"

Thank you! Thank you!

More than welcome

-Kev

TSE · « **Reply #14 on:** September 08, 2004, 06:16:36 pm »

I'm an expert now! Just in time for Robin's 18th!!

Thanks again.

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Author Topic: Saving a streaming-only video? (Read 5054 times)