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  1. Member RustyBob's Avatar
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    I'm trying to download a documentary from from PBS. So far I can only capture the commercial just before the beginning of the video. Can anyone suggest a way to bypass the commercial and capture the documentary, or capture both ? Something free to use.
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  2. Is the video on the website flash or silverlight?
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    You can try Stream Transport or Stream Hijacker. Depending on what PBS is using they may not work. If they don't work, most likely you'll have to use a commercial product like Replay Video Capture. If they are using Silverlight, I don't know any free tool that can capture such streams.
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    RTMP Explorer appears to work for video.pbs.org. I just used it to downloaded an episode of Nova.
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    Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    RTMP Explorer appears to work for video.pbs.org. I just used it to downloaded an episode of Nova.
    RustyBob - Try this suggestion first before you try what I suggested.
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    Works great. Thanks.
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    I tried RTMP Explorer also, but when I did, it just sat there and did nothing. If I understood it correctly, didn't this program pick up the streaming video automaticly and download it? Am I missing somthing? If anyone could offer some advice I'd sure appreciate it.

    Here is the video I wish to download.

    http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/3100/3105.html

    Thank you,

    Hal
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    I had no problem. Pasted the URL in into the browser window, waited for the page to load, pressed the play button.

    Name:  rtrmpex.jpg
Views: 355
Size:  20.1 KB

    A few minutes later the file was complete.
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    Hmmmm. Something tells me I have the wrong program. I have RTMPDumpHelper.exe, not rtmpsrv.exe. Or Explorer. Methinks I need to go look at the files again.

    Ah, looks like I only got half of what I needed. Wouldn't have caught it without your response. Thanks Jagabo! The img was a big help! Won't be able to do anything until later tonight, but I'll let you know how it goes.

    Hal
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