Re: Saving BBC streaming video clips?

de OG 01/31/2008 08:56

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:mq83q3dkpsi4hbpacu4shdoljh94vfofm6@4ax.com...
> 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).

What you need is Flashget (www.flashget.com)

So long as you can get the URL of the clip itself ( Ctrl + click on the
'Launch this in standalone player' brings up a new IE window with the url in
the address bar )
i.e.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/media/ram/d/bb/devon_thebarton_4x3_bb.ram
you can copy it to the clipboard, open Flashget, and paste it into the URL
to be able to download it as a .rm file.

I downloaded all of last year's electric proms this way.