How to download/save a video clip?

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  • Bill

    How to download/save a video clip?

    Our non-profit agency was interviewed on local TV. The TV station has
    the clip on their web site. However, I'm concerned that it will soon
    go away.

    Is there any way for me to capture that video clip, so I can put it on
    our web site (after getting permission, etc) ?

    it's at:


    How would I download or capture a video clip?

    Thank you,
    Bill
  • Ed Jay

    #2
    Re: How to download/save a video clip?

    Bill scribed:
    >Our non-profit agency was interviewed on local TV. The TV station has
    >the clip on their web site. However, I'm concerned that it will soon
    >go away.
    >
    >Is there any way for me to capture that video clip, so I can put it on
    >our web site (after getting permission, etc) ?
    >
    >it's at:
    >http://media.vmsnews.com/MonitoringR...86/G001319960/
    >
    >How would I download or capture a video clip?
    >
    Empty your disk cache and then bring up the site and play the video. You'll
    find the video in your cache.
    --
    Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)

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    • Harlan Messinger

      #3
      Re: How to download/save a video clip?

      Ed Jay wrote:
      Bill scribed:
      >
      >Our non-profit agency was interviewed on local TV. The TV station has
      >the clip on their web site. However, I'm concerned that it will soon
      >go away.
      >>
      >Is there any way for me to capture that video clip, so I can put it on
      >our web site (after getting permission, etc) ?
      >>
      >it's at:
      >http://media.vmsnews.com/MonitoringR...86/G001319960/
      >>
      >How would I download or capture a video clip?
      >>
      Empty your disk cache and then bring up the site and play the video. You'll
      find the video in your cache.
      You shouldn't have to empty the cache. Sort the cache directory by file
      date and it'll be the BIG one at or near the bottom of the list.

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      • Ed Jay

        #4
        Re: How to download/save a video clip?

        Harlan Messinger scribed:
        >Ed Jay wrote:
        >Bill scribed:
        >>
        >>Our non-profit agency was interviewed on local TV. The TV station has
        >>the clip on their web site. However, I'm concerned that it will soon
        >>go away.
        >>>
        >>Is there any way for me to capture that video clip, so I can put it on
        >>our web site (after getting permission, etc) ?
        >>>
        >>it's at:
        >>http://media.vmsnews.com/MonitoringR...86/G001319960/
        >>>
        >>How would I download or capture a video clip?
        >>>
        >Empty your disk cache and then bring up the site and play the video. You'll
        >find the video in your cache.
        >
        >You shouldn't have to empty the cache. Sort the cache directory by file
        >date and it'll be the BIG one at or near the bottom of the list.
        You're right...but it does make things easier to find.
        --
        Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)

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        • Harlan Messinger

          #5
          Re: How to download/save a video clip?

          Ed Jay wrote:
          Harlan Messinger scribed:
          >
          >Ed Jay wrote:
          >>Bill scribed:
          >>>
          >>>Our non-profit agency was interviewed on local TV. The TV station has
          >>>the clip on their web site. However, I'm concerned that it will soon
          >>>go away.
          >>>>
          >>>Is there any way for me to capture that video clip, so I can put it on
          >>>our web site (after getting permission, etc) ?
          >>>>
          >>>it's at:
          >>>http://media.vmsnews.com/MonitoringR...86/G001319960/
          >>>>
          >>>How would I download or capture a video clip?
          >>>>
          >>Empty your disk cache and then bring up the site and play the video. You'll
          >>find the video in your cache.
          >You shouldn't have to empty the cache. Sort the cache directory by file
          >date and it'll be the BIG one at or near the bottom of the list.
          >
          You're right...but it does make things easier to find.
          Yeah but--it deletes your cache!

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          • Jon Fairbairn

            #6
            Re: How to download/save a video clip?

            reader@newsguy. com writes:
            OK, so far so good. These files linger until the Cache hold setting
            arrives I guess. So I thought it was a simple mechanism.
            >
            Video starts downloading, video starts playing, and completes
            downloading.
            >
            But then I happened to accidentally delete the Cache while a video
            was still playing... and guess what... it didn't effect its playing
            at all.
            >
            The cache had zero files, yet the video continues playing...
            Depending on the operating system, deleting the file may not
            remove the data. In flavours of Unix (mac os, linux etc)
            removing the file simply deletes it from the directory. If
            there is some other pointer to the data, the file persists
            until that pointer disappears. This is reasonable
            behaviour, so I don't know whether Windowses do the same.
            If the video is more than about 25mb, the instant the downloading
            part ends the file disappears. I know the approximate size because
            the web page gives that detail about the files.
            What is the cache size limit of the browser? Does that give
            a clue?

            It's also not necessary to have the whole video in the file
            for it to be worthwhile having a file (as an on disc buffer
            to smoothe out dips in the data rate).

            --
            Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@c l.cam.ac.uk

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            • reader@newsguy.com

              #7
              Re: How to download/save a video clip?

              Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@ cl.cam.ac.ukwri tes:
              > If the video is more than about 25mb, the instant the downloading
              > part ends the file disappears. I know the approximate size because
              > the web page gives that detail about the files.
              >
              What is the cache size limit of the browser? Does that give
              a clue?
              Yikes, it was pretty dumb not to have checked that, but when I did
              after your prompting I see it was set to 50mb. Which seems it should
              have allowed more than 25 to be downloaded since that was the only
              file in there.

              However, apparently it doesn't really work like that since I upped
              the ante to 60mb and now I've seen at least 28mb get downloaded at
              once.

              I suspect it may be that any one files is only allowed to use half the
              limit, do you know off hand if in the case of FireFox, something close
              to that is how it works?

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              • Jon Fairbairn

                #8
                Re: How to download/save a video clip?

                reader@newsguy. com writes:
                Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@ cl.cam.ac.ukwri tes:
                >
                >> If the video is more than about 25mb, the instant the downloading
                >> part ends the file disappears. I know the approximate size because
                >> the web page gives that detail about the files.
                >>
                >What is the cache size limit of the browser? Does that give
                >a clue?
                [...]
                I suspect it may be that any one files is only allowed to use half the
                limit, do you know off hand if in the case of FireFox,
                I don't
                something close to that is how it works?
                Given that the point of the cache is to improve performance
                and the browser doesn't know what you are going to do next,
                and the common case would be of an html page with several
                ancillary files, that seems like a reasonable heuristic.
                This is getting too far off topic for this ng, though.


                --
                Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@c l.cam.ac.uk

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                • Jon Fairbairn

                  #9
                  Re: How to download/save a video clip?

                  reader@newsguy. com writes:
                  Most authoring is devoted to making something happen in a specific way
                  at the consumer end so understanding what happens there is quite
                  central to authoring.
                  Maybe so, but precisely how to implement a browser cache is
                  not part of this. All a web author needs to know is that
                  there /may/ be a cache, it may or may not be big enough for
                  a whole video and that there is no way of telling any of
                  this because the user can have any one of a number of
                  different browsers, and each is implemented differently.

                  --
                  Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@c l.cam.ac.uk

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