Re: Saving BBC streaming video clips?

de Terry Pinnell 01/31/2008 02:56

Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Sven Svenson <ss@i.o> wrote:
>
>>Terry Pinnell skrev:
>>> 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).
>>
>>Download vlc
>>
>>http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
>
>Then what?

Any further clue at all would be helpful please. I installed latest
VLC. Using the Firefox add-on 'Download Helper' I downloaded the RAM
file, devon_thebarton_4x3_bb.ram from that site I linked.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/articles/d/devon_thebarton.shtml
I dragged the RAM file onto VLC. It played the soundtrack - but no
video. I used View|Messages and saw this:
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main error: cannot pre fill buffer
live555 error: Nothing to play for
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/videonation/d/devon_thebarton_256.rm?BBC-UID=b423925258602f41341cb56601d1e6b1ba9174ee70384090f2f0dc36916c41c5&SSO2-UID=
main error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `RV30'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
---------

Mostly incomprehensible to me.

Can you get my example into VLC with your setup? I see there are many
settings, mostly baffling to me. Are there some critical ones I need
to alter?

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK