Comments on: Ripping Video from Local News Websites http://collegewebguy.com/2009/04/24/ripping-video-from-local-news-websites/ He’s employed at a university. He calls himself a web designer. These are his brain droppings. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Drew http://collegewebguy.com/2009/04/24/ripping-video-from-local-news-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Drew Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:57:33 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/?p=416#comment-1101 these are great suggestions. thanks Tim and Rich. these are great suggestions. thanks Tim and Rich.

]]> By: Rich http://collegewebguy.com/2009/04/24/ripping-video-from-local-news-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Rich Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:10:08 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/?p=416#comment-1098 I like to use Safari's Activity window to monitor what stream is going through and paste that into Safari's Downloads window. An example: http://webrevolutionary.com/use-safaris-activity-window-to-save-web-files/ But that method isn't limited to YouTube alone. It works for everything but streaming video, e.g. Hulu, and I think the only way to capture that is using screencast technology. It's also better than hunting for a ".flv" because the HTML from the Dreamweaver Flash Video player removes the file extension and leaves you with something like: <param name="FlashVars" value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=videos/skins/Halo_Skin_3&streamName=i_am_a_video_file&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true" /> I'm not sure which screen capturing software you don't like, but I used <a href="http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/" rel="nofollow">Snapz Pro X</a> for a long time; however I like <a href="http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm" rel="nofollow">ScreenFlow</a> more each time I use it. I like to use Safari’s Activity window to monitor what stream is going through and paste that into Safari’s Downloads window. An example:

http://webrevolutionary.com/use-safaris-activity-window-to-save-web-files/

But that method isn’t limited to YouTube alone. It works for everything but streaming video, e.g. Hulu, and I think the only way to capture that is using screencast technology. It’s also better than hunting for a “.flv” because the HTML from the Dreamweaver Flash Video player removes the file extension and leaves you with something like:

<param name="FlashVars" value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=videos/skins/Halo_Skin_3&streamName=i_am_a_video_file&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true" />

I’m not sure which screen capturing software you don’t like, but I used Snapz Pro X for a long time; however I like ScreenFlow more each time I use it.

]]> By: Tim Merritt http://collegewebguy.com/2009/04/24/ripping-video-from-local-news-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-1091 Tim Merritt Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:17:17 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/?p=416#comment-1091 Try the DownloadHelper extension for Firefox--http://www.downloadhelper.net/--works a treat for saving .flv files. I then use MPEG Streamclip to convert to another format if needed - great for converting HQ YouTube clips to .mp4 for iPhone, or to AVI, or any flavor of QuickTime. Try the DownloadHelper extension for Firefox–http://www.downloadhelper.net/–works a treat for saving .flv files. I then use MPEG Streamclip to convert to another format if needed – great for converting HQ YouTube clips to .mp4 for iPhone, or to AVI, or any flavor of QuickTime.

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