How to record streaming DivX video?

[Nothing000]

How do I do this? Is there any free software. I have been looking for hours without any luck. Please help me, I really need to record this video soon.

 

[Pengwuino]

Wait, do you want to record a video that is being streamed from some website... or do you want to create a video so that you can stream to other people?

I don't think divx is capable of streaming in the first place.

 

[Nothing000]

The file type is actually called: "DivX Ticket File". It is a streaming video that I rented, therefore I only have a limited time to record it.

 

[Nothing000]

I want to record the streamed video onto my HD.

 

[Pengwuino]

Divx Ticket file? Never heard of it, sounds cool.

You probably can't do it though... I remember a few yers ago wanting to record a .wma stream and i was told it just couldn't be done. Might want to google around for something like that.

 

[Nothing000]

Dude, I have been googling for about an hour.

 

[Nothing000]

Can't I just record everything that is on my screen? You know, like record me typing this now and every thing on my screen?

 

[mattmns]

Like using Camtasia? That could be possible, but I don't think I would recommend it. How long are these streaming videos?

 

[Nothing000]

it is just one file, and it is about 1.5 hrs. Why wouldn't you recommend using that. And what is that thing you mentioned?

 

[Nothing000]

Will this Catmania program work?

 

[Nothing000]

I downloaded this Catmania program, and i can only figure out how to capture still images. How do you get it to catpture video?

 

[Nothing000]

I got it to capture the video, but with no audio? Can you not record both audio and video?

 

[mattmns]

You can record audio, I believe. I am unsure about Camtasia because I believe if you want good quality, you will end up with HUGE file sizes for long videos.

 

[franznietzsche]

In purely technical terms it is possible to capture and save the file (its all just data after all) but I don't know of any programs that can do this. The fact is, the media companies don't want you doing this for obvious reasons. Anyone who wrote a program to do this would likely get slammed with lawsuits.

 

[Pengwuino]

it is just one file, and it is about 1.5 hrs. Why wouldn't you recommend using that. And what is that thing you mentioned?

1.5hours of recording what is on your screen would just plow through your hard drive like nobodys business. A fully compressed ~640x480 video at 1.5 hours is probably 1GB. Now a normal desktop these days is either 1024x768 or 1280x960 which would be like 3-4GB. What you'll be dealing with, however, is uncompressed video. That is when you start talking about tens or hundreds of GBs of data

 

[mattmns]

Ahh, I missed the video length. I agree with Pengwuino, 1.5hrs is way too long.

 

[Pengwuino]

Speaking of big ass file sizes... anyone see that dell XPS commercial where they are offering terrabyte hard drives? What idiot buys dell off a tv and actaully needs ... hell more then 100GB let alone a terrabyte?

 

[Nothing000]

I have a few hundred gigs on one of my harddrives to spare. I am not worried about the size.

 

[Nothing000]

In purely technical terms it is possible to capture and save the file (its all just data after all) but I don't know of any programs that can do this. The fact is, the media companies don't want you doing this for obvious reasons. Anyone who wrote a program to do this would likely get slammed with lawsuits.

Beer companies also don't want people to brew there own beer, but that doesn't stop the millions of people that brew dope in their own home.

 

[Pengwuino]

Hope that hard drive is fast enough to keep up with the writings.

 

[Pengwuino]

Beer companies also don't want people to brew there own beer, but that doesn't stop the millions of people that brew dope in their own home.

Your belongings aren't searchable on google.

 

[franznietzsche]

Beer companies also don't want people to brew there own beer, but that doesn't stop the millions of people that brew dope in their own home.

Beer companies can't sue you for thousands of dollars for making moonshine either. I think you missed the point.

 

[dduardo]

I record streaming media off the internet by doing the following:

mplayer -dumpstream <stream location>

mplayer will generate a file called stream.dump

I do this in Linux of course. I don't know about Windows.

 

[Nothing000]

Beer companies can't sue you for thousands of dollars for making moonshine either. I think you missed the point.

All I am saying is if one were to attempt to create a product that has already been patended then the company would not like to see any individual make a product that is of higher quality than said companies product. For instance: If I were to brew my own dope in my basement and then sell this alchohol to anyone that wanted to buy it, I guarantee you that the CEO of the main company wouldn't sleep easy that night! Simple economics.

 

[Nothing000]

Supply and Demand my friend, supply and demand.

 

[Pengwuino]

All I am saying is if one were to attempt to create a product that has already been patended then the company would not like to see any individual make a product that is of higher quality than said companies product. For instance: If I were to brew my own dope in my basement and then sell this alchohol to anyone that wanted to buy it, I guarantee you that the CEO of the main company wouldn't sleep easy that night! Simple economics.

The better analogy is if you bought a case of budlight or something and then resold it as "Nothing000's Famous Brew". That's illegal. The reason you'd get sued is not because you made a program, it's because you're violating the companies copyright entitlements. They have the right, and payed good money for that right, to sell separate viewings of a certain file. You recording it and re-selling it is the absolute equivalent of going into a movie theatre, recording a movie and selling it on the street.

 

[franznietzsche]

All I am saying is if one were to attempt to create a product that has already been patended then the company would not like to see any individual make a product that is of higher quality than said companies product. For instance: If I were to brew my own dope in my basement and then sell this alchohol to anyone that wanted to buy it, I guarantee you that the CEO of the main company wouldn't sleep easy that night! Simple economics.

No, you just don't get it.

Recording a video that is streamed to you as a rental is effectively stealing. If you get caught, you will get sued. Its not the same as selling your own videos.

Incidently, you can use mplayer in windows, so dduardo's method should work. Didn't know mplayer could do that.

 

[Nothing000]

Ahh... There is one simple loop hole though. I can record the video, and then sell it to people and then they can give it away. I will also super impose images of the actors in the video drinking my dope that I brewed. Then the cash will come flowing in. That is how I will solve my problem.

 

[Bigbry909]

I just found a loophole in the system that worked for me. I went to my temp internet files and copied the downloaded files from there. That was from Divx stage six site. Hope that helps

 

[Art]

Here's a list of programs that will do what you are looking for - some free some not http://emoney.al.ru/capture-streaming-video-and-audio/all-streaming-video-recording-software.htm