Is there a way to record streaming video?

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:25 am

Recording audio streams is very easy but does anyone know how to record video streams?
I know Yahoo and CNN try to hide the source of the streams but that is easy to find out if you use Snort and monitor raw data. Then one can use some shareware program to record it. But is there a way to tap into the stream somehow and record it?

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Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:07 am

Yes, there are programs that do this, but I don't remember the name. Anyway, you've got the answer: yes.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:25 am

If you disable hardware acceleration you can then use any standard screen capture program. Not perfect, but a simple solution.

Otherwise, this is the only app I know that can rip a stream - I tried it but didn't like it much, others seem to be impressed:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio ... ox_vcr.cfm

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Thalamus · Post by **Thalamus** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:16 pm

Sorry for not getting into details...but VLC player, which besides being a great player which plays ANYTHING, it's also a streaming video server.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:19 am

I think I've had it installed once but it seemed not to work as I wanted or there was a problem. I'll try it again.