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| How to record streaming WMV/ASF/MMS-links using VLC Media Player | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2006 Dec 18 10:00 | ||||
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VLC Media Player Guide If you have a mms-link just copy it or open the video link your webbrowser and right click in the windows media window and select Properties and copy the location URL. 
Start VLC Select File->Open Network Stream Select HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/MMS and paste the URL/Link Select Stream/Save under Advanced Options and click on Settings Select Outputs and Play locally and File Select ASF as Encapsulationd Method OK and VLC should start play and also capture the video to the file. 
You can now play the ASF file with WMP or convert it to other formats using for example SUPER, VirtualdubMPEG2 or Windows Movie Maker. | ||||
| Soopafresh posted 2006 Dec 18 10:22 | ||||
| Nice one, Baldrick :) | ||||
| Alex_ander posted 2006 Dec 18 14:33 | ||||
| In most cases you can download the actual streamed RM or ASF file using NetTransport by loading either the initial link file or direct link gotten from it, with multiple connections to the host and resuming paused downloads. If the webcast is live, you can also record it to file (real-time in this case).
P.S. Sorry, slightly out of topic. | ||||
| Baldrick posted 2006 Dec 18 14:43 | ||||
| No, Net Transport...clickable link...:)....or WM Recorder or the free SDP Multimedia....but I still like VLC anyway. | ||||
| rakf1 posted 2006 Dec 18 16:16 | ||||
| Is there a way to start stream capture when needed only? What I mean is, say I'm watching a streaming video using WMP and then I want to capture only section of the stream while watching and stop capture whenever I want.... looks like this method will capture the whole stream and then I have to edit..... | ||||
| method posted 2006 Dec 18 21:02 | ||||
| Thanks for this nice tutorial. I used the netTransport to record .asf file and changed the created file to .asf and now i do not know how to split it ? could any one tell me how to split that .asf file.thanks | ||||
| mgh posted 2006 Dec 24 09:04 | ||||
| Thanks a ton
For me method works with Firefox 2.0.0.1, not with my IE 6 | ||||
| mgh posted 2006 Dec 26 22:04 | ||||
Try Cut Assistant | ||||
| bigstusexy posted 2007 Jan 02 09:44 | ||||
| Does VLC support NTLM I think it is? There are sometimes where when I use SDP it stops and It think its because of that. I don't remember the right acronym but its listed as non supported by SDP. | ||||
| albabe posted 2007 Jan 10 20:14 | ||||
| Hi:
Does anyone have this same instructions for the newest VLC 0.8.6a for Mac OS X 10.4.8? ... and can you save a streaming .rn? | ||||
| foochuck posted 2007 Mar 22 15:35 | ||||
| I followed your instructions to capture this clip:
http://87.248.216.222/a304/o2-orange/msftmsne/Prod/wmv/v9/Video/0 ... WMExt=.asf When I tried to open the ASF file in Windows Media Player it says: Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file. Any suggestions? | ||||
| Schmendrick posted 2007 Mar 23 03:24 | ||||
| The clip uses Windows Media Video 9 and Windows Media Audio 9.1 as codecs. I am using Windows Media Player 11 and do not have any problems to play the file insert its URL into "Open URL". I also have successfully downloaded the wmv-file replacing "http" by mms" in the files URL using SDP Multimedia as suggested by Baldrick as an alternative to VLC as I somehow was not able to download the file using vlc.
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| foochuck posted 2007 Apr 13 10:56 | ||||
How would I use SDP to capture this URL: http://www.hbo.com/av/sopranos/season6/sopranos_ep79_tea_wm_hi.wvx ? | ||||
| Schmendrick posted 2007 Apr 14 14:56 | ||||
| [quote]How would I use SDP to capture this URL:
http://www.hbo.com/av/sopranos/season6/sopranos_ep79_tea_wm_hi.wvx ?[/quote] @foochuck If you right-click on this URL and choose "Save Target As..." you save this "wsx"-file which actually is an "asx-file version 3.0". If you open this locally saved file using Wordpad you will find the following URL for the wmv-video-file itself which then you can download. http://wms.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/hbo/sopranos/season6/sopranos ... wm_384.wmv Have fun Schmendrick | ||||
| foochuck posted 2007 Jun 07 19:08 | ||||
| Schmendrick,
I'm trying to download this file: http://wms.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/hbo/sopranos/season6/sopranos ... wm_384.wmv using SDP. It get's to 99% and then it stops. Do you have any suggestions? | ||||
| Jeezy42 posted 2007 Aug 04 13:15 | ||||
| Hi
I tried this method which the gent at the top suggested but i'm only geting audio after i've finished recording the stream Anyone help would be much greatly apreicated :wink: | ||||
| mariano_76ers posted 2008 May 08 13:25 | ||||
Some times the same thing happens tome!!! please can anyone help me?? THanks | ||||
| AndrewM posted 2008 May 30 11:06 | ||||
| Thanks Baldrick for the great guidance, including the highlighted screen captures.
- What does "Dump Raw Input" next to "file" do? - In the "Encapsulation Method" (e.g. file-type), what would be the best to save in? What are the advantages/disadvantages? There's many to choose from - MPEG TS, MPEG PS, MPEG 1, Ogg, ASF, MP4, MOV, WAV, Raw. I assume that WAV would be sound only w/o video. - What about Transcoding Options here? It would be cool if subtitles could also be recorded. - I'm unfamiliar with these other video conversion software -- SUPER, VirtualdubMPEG2 & Windows Movie Maker. Which do you recommend? Are any Freeware? What about video dubbing software? I'm currently recording with VideoLAN VLC and would like to cut out the first 5 minutes or so. It's too bad that VideoLAN VLC can't do it itself -- it seems to be the best video playing software out there and can do so many other things well. BTW, where'd you get that great Avatar? I know a guy who makes a face like that, looks almost exactly like him, glasses and all! | ||||
| Sien posted 2008 Jun 11 21:39 | ||||
| I'm trying to use this method to download/save this file & getting errors
http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/080604-ee380-300.asx Error: Unable to open 'ASF http://lang.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/080604/080604-ee380-300.wmv' It's listed in WMP's properties as: *Windows Media Audio 9.1 20 kbps, 22 kHz, mono (A/V) 1-pass CBR *Windows Media Video 9 *Under "Media Usage Rights" in the WMP properties it says "This file is not protected." I saved it & opened it with notepad and tried http://lang.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/080604/080604-ee380-300.wmv via notepad:
Error: Unable to open 'mms://lang.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/080604/080604-ee380-300.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf' then i saved the http://lang.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/080604/080604-ee380-300.wmv & looked at it in notepad: so i tried http://lang.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/080604/080604-ee380-300.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf
& got Error: Unable to open 'mms://lang.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/080604/080604-ee380-300.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf' none of them seem to work. Does anybody know the proper method to save this file? | ||||
| hocyber posted 2008 Aug 01 02:38 | ||||
| I also encounter this problem. However, I found a method to get the asf file correctly.
Method : you can use copy and paste function on the asf file during encoding the streaming video for the last five seconds. You will get the playable asf file as a copy of the orginal file. :) | ||||
| paranoid posted 2008 Oct 08 10:34 | ||||
| Is there an updated version of this guide for the new menus in VLC 0.9.4? | ||||
| redwudz posted 2008 Oct 08 13:45 | ||||
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