StreamingVideo
Recording from Internet
Recording from Internet
==>Youtube, Google Video, Uitzendinggemist.nl
==> Components of Streaming video:
> Infrastructuur (Internet) + Server (content maker) + Client (Player software)
Player Software buffers the incoming content to eliminate interruptions
==>Practical Standaards:
1) Realplayer
2) Quicktime (for good video quality)
3) Windows Media Player (most used by Flemisch websites )
4) Flach Video "Flv" (used by like youtube, google Video ...) qaulity en dynamic is good but the most important thing is that you can wath direct video with your Browser .
ATTENTION:
1) To play Video and sound you need much different codecs; therfore its best to install a complete collection of codecs : www.freecodecs.com like: 'Codec Pack All in 1' and 'K-Lite Codec Pack'
If you will know with wich codec your film is coded, you can use 'AVIcodec' drag your film on it and you get all audio and video details.
2) .flv video plays direct from your browser but if you want play your downloaded .flv video you need software like 'FLV Player' , but we will convert the downloaded .flv film so we can play them with our favorite player like Windows Mediaplayer or an other Player you Like.
==> What you need:
1) Ipod video converter 4free . Normal this one converts the incoming Youtube .flv to Ipod en Itunes format. We will not use this converting part .
2) We will use "Super" to store TV-programs from uitzendingnetgemist.nl in .asf format
3) In the lest step we wil convert with "SUPER" the .flv from Youtube en the .asf files from uitzendingnetgemist.nl, to .avi file (avi in divx format)
==> Now the different steps to download from YouTube:
Step1: Download 'Ipod video converter 4free' from www.koyotesoft.com chose Englisch (registring is not obligatory). Install it and when you first start it you can choose 'Netherlands'
Step 2: Make a folder e.g. under => My Video/YouTube Video where you can put the dowloaded .flv videos.
Step 3: Click on the YouTube buttom to open the download manager (we will not use the converter to Itunes)
Step 4: Start your Browser and surf to the youtube film you want, push the pause buttom and copy the URL and put them in the download window of your 'Ipod video Converter 4free' running program. Under Parameters you can see where the download wil put the file, change this to your directory just creatde in (step 2). You can repeat this steps for an second, third... video you want download. Don't forget to uncheck 'automatic covert to Ipod..' and click on download to get your films in a queue.When this is done you can close the program and can check if the videos are stored in .flv format in your new created directory.
==> Now the different steps to download from Uitzendinggemist.nl:
STEP 1: Download freeware 'SUPER' www.erighsoft.com click in Menu Freeware / SUPER / Download.
Click on 'start downloading SUPER' and choose for 'Download and use'. underneath you can now find the link to the 'SUPER' Setup file (26 MB) . While installing choose the languge 'Netherlands' and accept each time with clicking next.The installation can take a long time. With SUPER you can convert films and with you can also download streaming Media.
Step 2: Make a folder e.g. under => My Video/TV-Programs where you can put the dowloaded .asf films.
STEP 3: Go to www.uitzendinggemist.nl and selct the program you want and click until the program runs in the poup window from uitendinggemist.nl click in it with right mouse butom and choose EXTRA (eigenschappen) here you find in the TAB file after field 'location' the link to the .asf file. doubleclick on it to select an right-click to choose copy.
STEP 4: Open notepad en paste the Link in it, what you need is is the portion between the "..." .You will something Like mms://cachemedia.omroep.nl/bong..../ ..../.../..../xxxxxx.asf . Copy this Link.
STEP 5: Start "SUPER" Right-Click somewhere in the open window and in the opening window, choose add media streaming Link, paste the early copied link. Check 'save stream to your hardisk' > OK repeat steep 3,4 and 5 if you want to put other TV-program downloads in a Queue.
STEP 6: Undeneath in the SUPER-window is a list of tasks:the queue, Here you find also the location to the video stream. Right-Click somewhere in the SUPER-window and choose 'Output file management' choose the folder you have made earlier in (step2) and acknoledge with 'save changes'. Put a checkmark for the video stream(s) onder in the window . Click on 'Save active streams' to download and store the stream.
STEP 7: In the earlier created folder 'TV-Programs' you can give the files a easy to remember name. Double click on it to see it in Windows Media Player.
==> Now the different steps to convert Flash-video and other films in .avi:
STEP 1: We will choose for mpeg-4 video-codec and audio in mp3-format combined to avi-file, so it can played in most players.
STEP 2: On top you can find 3 Input window menus
Select the output container + Select the output video coddec + Select the output audio codec
We choose AVI + MPEG-4 + MP3
STEP 3: Right-clik somewhere an choose 'output file saving' e.g. choose 'desktop' > save changes > OK.
STEP 4: Convert the files with "SUPER"
Drag from Explorer the files you want convert to the SUPER window to put them in a waiting Queue.If you need you can checkmark them one by one by right-clicking and the option 'Add multimedia Files'. Select the downloaded YouTube film and stored TV-program from uitzendinggemisst.nl .
Put a checkmark before the programs in the wait Queue and click on 'Encode active files.
SUPER ask to choose an encoder for sving the films. Divx is the most compatible format.
Then you can find the en result on your Desktop an test them with your favorite Player.
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