Save streaming (wmv-)video

[copycat]

There's a site which requires the Windows Media Player plugin to view videos. Naturally, that's rather impossible in Linux/FireFox. However, I can easily deduce the proper 'mms' and play it in Kaffeine. However, I have a Kaffeine in SuSe 9.2 which has a 'Save Stream' in its File-Menu. The Kaffeine I have in Lucid Lynx does not. FireFox-extensions which are supposed to 'catch' the stream get stuck on the file in which the url is stored. So, why is Kubuntu's Kaffeine missing the 'save stream' nowadays and is there another application which can do the same?

[vinnywright]

Re: Save streaming (wmv-)video

VLC should do that. what URL and I'l try it.

VINNY

[Rog131]

Re: Save streaming (wmv-)video

> Apples and oranges ?

...I have a Kaffeine in SuSe 9.2 which has a 'Save Stream' in its File-Menu. The Kaffeine I have in Lucid Lynx does not...

The Suse 9.2 (> SuSE Linux 9.2 - An Early Evaluation) was released 2004/ 2005 ?

Is the Suse 9.2 using the KDE 3.5 ? If so, then the Kaffeine version is something 0.8.


With the Kaffeine there has been total rewrite to the KDE4. Some old actions are still needing to be ported to the KDE4 version.


You could install the KDE 3.5 applications to the Kubuntu 10.04

> Topic: KDE 3.5 Applications with the Kubutu 9.10
> Topic: Can you install KDE3 with Lucid

sudo apt-get install kaffeine-kde3
...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 kaffeine-kde3 kdelibs-data-kde3 kdelibs4c2a-kde3 launchpad-integration
 libart-2.0-2 libarts1c2a-kde3 libartsc0-kde3 libavahi-qt3-1 liblua50
 liblualib50 libqt3-mt libtqtinterface xbase-clients
...

[img width=400 height=121]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/954/kaffeines.png[/img]

The KDE 3.5 applications may or may not work .

[copycat]

Re: Save streaming (wmv-)video

SuSe 9.2 is KDE 3.3, Kaffeine 0.6

Furthermore, when I try the code, it says it can't find 'kaffeine-kde3'.

I have tried to locate the 'save stream'-feature in VLC too, but failed. If 'vinnywright ' would be so kind as to post where it's hidden I'd probably be able to find it too.

[vinnywright]

Re: Save streaming (wmv-)video

[img width=400 height=300]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/vinnywright/vlcshowcont.png[/img]

ok so you just press the record button (or ctrl>R)wile watching/lisining to something and it output's to ~/

vinny@desktop:~$ ls | grep -i vlc
vlc-record-2010-04-03-20h23m59s-181.FM - Kickin.mp3
vlc-record-2010-04-03-20h27m16s-181.FM - Kickin.mp3
vlc-record-2010-04-03-20h31m14s-181.FM - Kickin.mp3
vlc-record-2010-04-14-19h25m32s-v4l2:___dev_video0-.avi
vlc-record-2010-07-11-14h43m26s-http:__www.youtube.com_get_video?video_id=3qwznOOH 28c&t=vjVQa1PpcFNsdkgWR77degHR069UZ6G2J-MXhR81y3o=&eurl=&el=embedded&ps=default&fmt=18-.mp4
vlcshowcont.png
vinny@desktop:~$

easy peasy

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Re: Save streaming (wmv-)video

When you put the URL into VLC you can save the URL as a "play list". In that file, which looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/">
<title>Playlist</title>
<trackList>
<track>
<location>mms://a459.l9789222458.c97892.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/459/97892/v0001/reflector:22458</location>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
</trackList>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:node title="http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/r...or:22458.asx">
<vlc:item tid="0" />
</vlc:node>
</extension>
</playlist>

You can pick out the "mms" link, which plays fine.

[copycat]

Re: Save streaming (wmv-)video

If there was a 'record' button in (my) VLC I wouldn't be on this forum asking this question. Ctrl-R on the other hand, opens up a menu with a whole lot of 'convert'-options too, which error saying the convert-program isn't installed.
However, I managed to find the 'don't convert' option. However, it doesn't work when I first watch/listen. First I have to go to the 'record/convert'-menu, and add the mms-url there. I can even choose place and name of the (downloaded) file then.