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date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:05:12 -0400,
group: microsoft.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer
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Re: Help capturing Video
On May 5, 11:05 am, "Uncle Vinnie" wrote:
> There is some video I would like to capture and watch, in segments, when I
> have time....
>
> See this link... it's of the Papal Mass..http://www.uspapalvisit.org/video_audio.htm
>
> Is this do-able? Can I save it on my hard drive or move it to a DVD??
I just did it for one of the videos. I have the free, fairly new, Real
Player installed. It will record videos such as the ones on the site
of interest to you. When you start playback of one of the videos, a
small select box appears in the upper right corner of the screen
asking if you want to record the video using Real. If you select to do
so, a screen comes up and shows progress as the video is recorded. It
tells you the total time for the recording and shows how much has
elapsed. When recording is finished, it will notify you. Then if you
go to My Documents > My Videos you will find a directory called Real
Player Downloads Double click to open this directory, and you will
find the video you just recorded. Double click the icon for your
recording, and it starts in Real player, not WMP. A video such as
visit-to-ground-zero.asx is in a Microsoft format. However Real
records in a special Real format with an extension .ivr. This means
that you can play back using the Real Player only.
There likely are several other ways to do this. If you search media
sites, someone may have found a way to convert a Real .ivr video file
to something else that can be played on WMP or converted to standard
DVD format and then burned to DVD. If you do not have Real 11 and
decide to download it, make sure you select the free one and do not
accept offers for free trials for music services and such. Also avoid
making Real the default player for everything it will play, unless you
want it to play most audio and video formats. It will play many
formats other than Real ones such as Microsoft ones. To be safe,
custom select the formats and be sure the boxes are checked only for
Real formats at first. You can always change your mind later.
date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:28:12 -0700 (PDT)
author: cwdjrxyz
Re: Help capturing Video
Thank you 'CW'...
I did just that, installed the newest version of Real, made a few
preferences changes and it works very well!
I did notice the video quality is fair at best, but it does work!
Curious, is there a loss in quality as you record??
Thanks again!
cwdjrxyz wrote:
> On May 5, 11:05 am, "Uncle Vinnie" wrote:
>> There is some video I would like to capture and watch, in segments,
>> when I
>> have time....
>>
>> See this link... it's of the Papal
>> Mass..http://www.uspapalvisit.org/video_audio.htm
>>
>> Is this do-able? Can I save it on my hard drive or move it to a
>> DVD??
>
> I just did it for one of the videos. I have the free, fairly new, Real
> Player installed. It will record videos such as the ones on the site
> of interest to you. When you start playback of one of the videos, a
> small select box appears in the upper right corner of the screen
> asking if you want to record the video using Real. If you select to do
> so, a screen comes up and shows progress as the video is recorded. It
> tells you the total time for the recording and shows how much has
> elapsed. When recording is finished, it will notify you. Then if you
> go to My Documents > My Videos you will find a directory called Real
> Player Downloads Double click to open this directory, and you will
> find the video you just recorded. Double click the icon for your
> recording, and it starts in Real player, not WMP. A video such as
> visit-to-ground-zero.asx is in a Microsoft format. However Real
> records in a special Real format with an extension .ivr. This means
> that you can play back using the Real Player only.
>
> There likely are several other ways to do this. If you search media
> sites, someone may have found a way to convert a Real .ivr video file
> to something else that can be played on WMP or converted to standard
> DVD format and then burned to DVD. If you do not have Real 11 and
> decide to download it, make sure you select the free one and do not
> accept offers for free trials for music services and such. Also avoid
> making Real the default player for everything it will play, unless you
> want it to play most audio and video formats. It will play many
> formats other than Real ones such as Microsoft ones. To be safe,
> custom select the formats and be sure the boxes are checked only for
> Real formats at first. You can always change your mind later.
--
B'rgds,
Vinnie
date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:30:17 -0400
author: Uncle Vinnie
Re: Help capturing Video
On May 6, 7:30 am, "Uncle Vinnie" wrote:
> Thank you 'CW'...
>
> I did just that, installed the newest version of Real, made a few
> preferences changes and it works very well!
>
> I did notice the video quality is fair at best, but it does work!
>
> Curious, is there a loss in quality as you record??
Compare the quality of the video stream as viewed directly with that
of the recording. If the screen size is not about the same on the WMP
for the stream and on the Real player for the recording, the larger
screen size is likely to look worse. The video stream is 300+ kbps
which can give fairly good quality if the screen size is not too
large. However consider that the 20 minute video I recorded was under
60MB in size. On a standard DVD, it would have been over a GB in size.
Feature length commercial DVDs usually run somewhere between 4 and 8
GB in size on DL DVDs. This quality is not practical to stream online,
because it would require a connection with a download speed well
beyond that of even most broadband connections, likely a direct fiber
optics connection into a house to a computer. If you are very
concerned with the best quality of these DVDs, I would watch to see
if commercial DVDs of them are released which you might rent or buy.
If you have drop outs on the recording, your connection likely is not
fast enough at the time to keep up with the stream. Try recording at
another time when the service is not as likely to be so busy.
date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:42:33 -0700 (PDT)
author: cwdjrxyz
Re: Help capturing Video
Thank you again for all your help and insight!
The recordings I made will be fine.. next step, when I have some time, would
be to put them onto DVD to watch on TV, versus at a computer....
I did come across one video, Adobe Flash, that won't seem to record.. ???
cwdjrxyz wrote:
> On May 6, 7:30 am, "Uncle Vinnie" wrote:
>> Thank you 'CW'...
>>
>> I did just that, installed the newest version of Real, made a few
>> preferences changes and it works very well!
>>
>> I did notice the video quality is fair at best, but it does work!
>>
>> Curious, is there a loss in quality as you record??
>
> Compare the quality of the video stream as viewed directly with that
> of the recording. If the screen size is not about the same on the WMP
> for the stream and on the Real player for the recording, the larger
> screen size is likely to look worse. The video stream is 300+ kbps
> which can give fairly good quality if the screen size is not too
> large. However consider that the 20 minute video I recorded was under
> 60MB in size. On a standard DVD, it would have been over a GB in size.
> Feature length commercial DVDs usually run somewhere between 4 and 8
> GB in size on DL DVDs. This quality is not practical to stream online,
> because it would require a connection with a download speed well
> beyond that of even most broadband connections, likely a direct fiber
> optics connection into a house to a computer. If you are very
> concerned with the best quality of these DVDs, I would watch to see
> if commercial DVDs of them are released which you might rent or buy.
> If you have drop outs on the recording, your connection likely is not
> fast enough at the time to keep up with the stream. Try recording at
> another time when the service is not as likely to be so busy.
--
B'rgds,
Vinnie
date: Wed, 7 May 2008 07:43:04 -0400
author: Uncle Vinnie
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