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Lieutenant 02-07-2005 05:05 PM
How to save PBS NOVA video
 
Gents,

I have successfully saved excellent PBS programs on several occasions. This is the procedure I have used:

1. First you need to discover the address of the beginning Quicktime video. To do that - use Safari's function Window->activity. Look for .MOV file. Note it's address begining with the http:

2. The address will usually look like this:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/media2/mars.mov

This address will give you just a begining file. "mars.mov" is nothing but the first of 7 (yes, seven) quicktime files embedded into one another. One provides nice backdrop, another one gives hyperlinks to part of the story being played, third one is for captions, rest are just pointer pointing to next pointer pointing to next pointer and so on till the last file hosted on Akmai servers (for large volume delivery).

3. So how do we get there. Well we will need to go through the series of those quicktime files (each one ending with .mov) and look for pointer to the next .mov file INSIDE of the present QuickTime file.

4. This is the procedure: Start text editor and make a small text file and name it HYPERLINK.HTM. THe content of that file should be as this:

<html>
<a href="www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/media2/mars.mov

voldenuit 06-08-2005 06:42 AM
Did anybody already figure out how to save Steves Keynote ?

None of the export/save functions of QT7pro will result in files bigger than a couple of kbyte.

Extracting the URLs from the page

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/j...05_all_ref.mov

brings you to the point where you can pick the streaming quality and the two URLs inside that file

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/j...05_all_ref.mov (itself)
and
http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/j.../qt7choose.mov

don't lead any further.

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/j.../qt7choose.mov contains some strings, but no discernable URLs.

Any brilliant ideas ?
Such a historical speech deserves to be saved locally ;) .

osxpounder 07-12-2005 08:55 PM
Snaps Pro X 2 works wonders -- when it works. I'm a little peeved today because I can't get the 2nd of a 2-user license installed, even though we paid for it and got the license codes from Ambrosia -- instead Snapz says the license code has 'expired'.

So, if you're doing serious work on a deadline, learn from my mistake: test Snapz Pro before you decide you can count on it. I'm stuck waiting up to two days for them to email me a new license code. Then I'm going to have to test both machines it's installed on again to make sure it stays working on the original machine we installed the first license on.

If you can find an alternative, I'd love to know of one, esp. if I can get my hands on it and get back to work tonight.

malrite 11-04-2008 02:32 PM
I used to be able to save QT files with QT Pro
 
I used to be able to save QT files with QT Pro using Windows Vista, by right clicking on the screen, and a dialog box would appear, and ask if I want to "Save as a Quicktime Movie". After adding a QT plug in inadvertently, I now longer have this option. Please help....

vanakaru 04-20-2009 05:10 AM
I am using screen capture apps almost all the time, So anything you see on the screen you can capture and save. And you can save the way you like or the way is most suitable for you later viewing needs. Like for iPod and so on. Most often you need to convert your downloaded movie into some other codec in any way. So why mess with difficult workarounds.
I use iShowU with great results.

But to show it in public (school) you need permission from the owner or internet.

lapdragon 01-06-2010 08:26 AM
Unfortunately, I don't use OSX anymore (I'm on a normal windows PC at work now), but I have had considerable success in the past with saving an actual streamed video by using a windows app by the name of WM Recorder. It uses a network sniffer to intercept the streamed content and then saves the stream bit by bit as it comes down, and you end up with a fully local copy of the content after it's been pulled in.

I imagine that as long as a windows virtual machine doesn't pitch a massive fit at the network sniffer drivers, you could probably run the app and capture a stream inside a virtual machine, and then save it somewhere on your OSX partition for burning to DVD and then use it somewhere else offline.

SatRecorder 03-17-2010 07:59 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lapdragon (Post 567789)
Unfortunately, I don't use OSX anymore (I'm on a normal windows PC at work now), but I have had considerable success in the past with saving an actual streamed video by using a windows app by the name of WM Recorder. It uses a network sniffer to intercept the streamed content and then saves the stream bit by bit as it comes down, and you end up with a fully local copy of the content after it's been pulled in.

I imagine that as long as a windows virtual machine doesn't pitch a massive fit at the network sniffer drivers, you could probably run the app and capture a stream inside a virtual machine, and then save it somewhere on your OSX partition for burning to DVD and then use it somewhere else offline.
WM Recorder is awesome, but you need a Windows license to run it on a Mac. Plus you need bootcamp or a virtual machine like Virtual Box.

I've tried to run WM Recorder using Wine on a Mac, but not no avail. However I managed to run Replay Media Catcher using Wine on a Mac.

NaOH 07-16-2011 02:36 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by clement52 (Post 629834)
Hey, you can use your QT Pro to help you capture streaming QuickTime video, if it doesn't work, then use some screen recorder to help you. I always use it to record internet streaming video, and it never failed on me. After you record, then you can enjoy it at any time. :D
Either you got lost on the Internet or you're a spammer. You've got six posts, three of which link software which is Windows-only (twice to the software listed above). Do you realize this is a forum for helping Mac users?


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