capturing from web

[wingfan]

how would i capture bits and pieces off a stream (wmv)? i know how to capture the full stream, but its too big.. 2hrs, i just want to skim to the part and capture the 2 min clip i need. is this posisble? what software can achieve this? thanks!

[poisondeathray]

You could use a screen recorder, like camtasia studio . Camstudio is a free version, but it might not work as well or have as many options

[wingfan]

just tried that didnt work too well.. slow, choppy capture when i choose region (to resize the box), if i leave the capture at 320x240 its ok... but the stream is at 640x480. oh well i'll just record the whole thing with VLC and then cut it up.

[poisondeathray]

With camtasia studio, you can change the recording options. E.g. the default is 15fps so that might be choppy.

Also if your PC is old/ too slow, it might drop frames during recording

Cheers

[wingfan]

actually with VLC you can skim through the stream and it records great! didnt know that.