Subject: Re: Saving streams?

From: a@b.com

Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:21:04 GMT

Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware

With the kind assistance of this groups members I've put this list

together. All comments and corrections gratefully received:

Summary of all techniques for saving RealMedia from the BBC website.

A file on a website with a .ram or .asx or .m3u extension is just a

pointer to the actual media file(s) location. (filename.ram for

streaming Real Media, filename.asx for streaming Windows Media and

filename.m3u for mp3)

The following techniques work on a Win98 machine with the K-Lite Mega

codec pack v1.35 installed. (http://www.codecguide.com/about_mega.htm)

This installs plugins to enable me to play RealMedia files in Internet

Explorer and Firefox and also installs Media Player Classic v6.4.8.4

to play RealMedia files from the HD.

Techniques:

1. Search C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files

2. Locate the .rm file from the downloaded .ram file.

3. Locate the .rm file from the browser plugin.

4. Un-associate filetypes

5. Real7ime Converter (R7C) v1.1

6. Net Transport v1.94c

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1. Delete the contents of C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files then run

the streaming media file from it's host site. Now open

C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files and with any luck you will find

the .rm file. This also works for other non-saveable stuff such as

Shockwave/Flash.

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2. Download the .ram file.

Rename the filename extension to .txt to allow it to be read by a

plain text editor such as Notepad.

example: filename.ram renamed to filename.txt

Open the file in Notepad. The location of the ACTUAL media file should

be in plain text.

(Note. The filename extension should be .rm)

Copy and paste the address into your browser. You should be offered

the option to Open or Save the file.

Example:

Download dds.ram from the following address:

http://www.waramps.ca/multi/ddds.ram

Rename to dds.txt and open in Notepad. You should see the following

line of text.

http://www.waramps.ca/multi/ddds.rm

Copy this line of text to your browser, and Save the file to your HD.

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3. Click on a link on the BBC site to run a RealMedia file, for

instance anything on this page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/railways/

will run the RealMedia file using a plugin in a new browser window.

This gives the option to run in a stand alone player. Hover your mouse

over 'Launch this in a standalone player' and the location of the .ram

file is now shown (You may need to maximise the window to see it)

For instance:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/nb/00377_4x3_nb.ram

Download the .ram file. Rename the filename extension to .txt to allow

it to be read by a plain text editor such as Notepad.

Open the file in Notepad. The location of the ACTUAL media file should

be in plain text.

rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/nationonfilm/nb/00377_4x3_nb.rm

Unfortunately, the address starts rtsp: (Real Time Streaming Protocol)

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4. Open up Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer) and click View,

then Folder Options. Then click the "File types" tab and remove the

file association for RealMedia files. This causes windows to ask you

to either Open the file from its current location or Save it to disk

whenever it encounters a .rm file. When you're done downloading just

add the file type association for RealMedia .rm files to automatically

play in RealPlayer. Some systems do this automatically.

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5. Real7ime Converter (R7C) v1.1 is a converter of any RealPlayer(tm)

streaming medias (video and sound) to AVI/WAV/MP3 format. It is a

realtime converter because it does not manage Real Time Streaming

Protocol(tm) (RTSP) directly so the needed time to convert a media

will be greater or equal to the time of the media.

Homesite: http://r7cproj.euro.ru/indexe.htm

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6. Net Transport v1.94c is a download manager that supports RTSP

(Real-Time Streaming Protocol)

Homesite: http://www.xi-soft.com/default.htm

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Also, take a look at this site.

http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/

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