Re: Saving BBC streaming video clips?

de John 01/31/2008 12:26

Terry Pinnell wrote:
> Anyone have a recommendation for a straightforward method to capture a
> BBC video clip (typically streaming RealPlayer media) to my HD please?
>
> I looked for a short example with which to experiment and found this
> 24 second clip:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/articles/d/devon_thebarton.shtml
> I can view that OK by clicking WATCH THIS VIDEO. But how do I capture
> it permanently? (Ideally in MPEG or WMV. But if in 'rm' format, I can
> probably use something like SUPER to convert it).
>
> Apart from half a dozen commercial programs, my research produced one
> possibility called Real7ime Converter (R7C). But I can't get it
> working. Probably because I use RealPlayer Alternative, as I found
> RealPlayer too intrusive.
>
> I also tried a method based on the assumption that, after playing in
> full, the file must be in my Firefox cache folder. But immediately
> after playing that short video example, I found not one but two new
> files in there:
> _CACHE_001_
> _CACHE_002_
>
> Neither have extensions (which I find an annoyance - one small
> advantage that IE Temporary Internet Files had!) so I tried adding
> one, to give
> _CACHE_001_.rm
> _CACHE_002_.rm
> But although d-clicking opens Media Player Classic, I just get an
> unhelpful error message "RealMedia error".
>
> Any practical advice would be much appreciated please. There must be
> some no-brainer way to do this!
>
Since you are using Firefox, you should download this add on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006

And it will do what you want.

John.