How to convert a website as mp4 video

[satimis]

Hi all,

I wonder whether it is possible converting a website on its URL to a mp4 video

1) The website having many pages
2) On each page there are embedded video

If YES please advise HOW? Pointers would be appreciated.

If this Forum is NOT for my question. Please advise the right forum for me to contact.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

[ProWo]

If the embedded videos are not DRM-protected (encrypted), you can simply download them.

[Subtitles]

You need a website crawler to get you the URL's
The best and free crawler is Octoparse. (up to 9999 URL's)
It has a lot of examples and videos. Just try it.
Octoparse will create an Excel file with the embedded videos URL's and then you can download each video using standard methods.

[satimis]

If the embedded videos are not DRM-protected (encrypted), you can simply download them.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I do it as follow;
On browser, right-click the Youtube video --> copying embedded code
Then on the web page --> select "Code" --> Paste

<iframe width="1193" height="671" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wg0xBX2Ddo" title="My Brothers Keeper For Life ~ Anthony Joshua" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

As an example.

Regards

[satimis]

You need a website crawler to get you the URL's
The best and free crawler is Octoparse. (up to 9999 URL's)
It has a lot of examples and videos. Just try it.
Octoparse will create an Excel file with the embedded videos URL's and then you can download each video using standard methods.

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

Whether you referred to this
https://www.octoparse.com/
???

Where can I find their tutorials?

How about this web crawler?
Website Crawler
https://www.websitecrawler.org/

Are there FREE online web crawler service, allowing me getting some experience?

Thanks and regards

[Subtitles]

Yes this is the Octoparse website
Just create an account and you will find a lot of tutorials and also on YouTube
Octoparse is free up to 9999 URL's so it is fact free.

[zing269]

I've used HTTrack in the past, www.httrack.com.

It has been a while since I've needed to use it and I don't know if it can only get the videos, but it is free.

[pchan]

If the embedded videos are not DRM-protected (encrypted), you can simply download them.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I do it as follow;
On browser, right-click the Youtube video --> copying embedded code
Then on the web page --> select "Code" --> Paste

<iframe width="1193" height="671" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wg0xBX2Ddo" title="My Brothers Keeper For Life ~ Anthony Joshua" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

As an example.

Regards

Go to this link and download the portable version of Media-downloader.
https://www.videohelp.com/software/media-downloader

Launch media-downloader.exe
Paste "https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wg0xBX2Ddo" (without the double quotes) into Enter URL box and click on download.
The mp4 file should be in the Download folder once completed.

[satimis]

If the embedded videos are not DRM-protected (encrypted), you can simply download them.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I do it as follow;
On browser, right-click the Youtube video --> copying embedded code
Then on the web page --> select "Code" --> Paste

<iframe width="1193" height="671" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wg0xBX2Ddo" title="My Brothers Keeper For Life ~ Anthony Joshua" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

As an example.

Regards

Go to this link and download the portable version of Media-downloader.
https://www.videohelp.com/software/media-downloader

Launch media-downloader.exe
Paste "https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wg0xBX2Ddo" (without the double quotes) into Enter URL box and click on download.
The mp4 file should be in the Download folder once completed.

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

Sorry, I couldn't resolve how to use the download mp4 file? Usually, I use the embedded package added to the webpage. All readers can play it while browsing my websites. I did it for >10 years without problem.

Regards

[Subtitles]

What is the name of the website?
You can PM me if you want.
I want to check if a web crawler like Octoparse can help.

[pchan]

Wrong suggestion.

[satimis]

What is the name of the website?
You can PM me if you want.
I want to check if a web crawler like Octoparse can help.

Hi,

Following website is an example;
https://4k.tours-video.com/

I have >40 websites running on Internet, none of them for business.

I'm trying converting them to mp4 video.

Regards

[Subtitles]

Thanks for sharing.

I am not really sure what you are trying to do.
What do you mean by converting the websites to mp4 videos?
Do you have an example?

[pchan]

Wrong suggestion for TS. Should try Camtasia for screen recording of webpage.

[satimis]

Thanks for sharing.

I am not really sure what you are trying to do.
What do you mean by converting the websites to mp4 videos?
Do you have an example?

Hi Subtitles,

I have no experience nor knowledge to convert websites to mp4 video. Neither I know whether it is possible? This is my first attempt therefore I started posting my attempt on this forum and searching on Internet.

Regards

[Subtitles]

Hello satimis,
I don't believe it is possible to convert a website to mp4 or what is the actual benefits by doing so.
A website is just pages of text using http protocol with embedded links to external URL's or images.
Looking at the website example that you shared, I think that you need to improve on it's design because quite frankly I found it not so user friendly
I apologize if I am a bit harsh but this is just a friendly observation.
Since the website is yours, then you have all the URL's of the embedded videos and a website crawler such as Octoparse will not help in this case.

[satimis]

Hello satimis,
I don't believe it is possible to convert a website to mp4 or what is the actual benefits by doing so.
A website is just pages of text using http protocol with embedded links to external URL's or images.
Looking at the website example that you shared, I think that you need to improve on it's design because quite frankly I found it not so user friendly
I apologize if I am a bit harsh but this is just a friendly observation.
Since the website is yours, then you have all the URL's of the embedded videos and a website crawler such as Octoparse will not help in this case.

Hi Subtitles,

Thanks for your further advice.

It is just for my curiosity converting a website to mp4 file. Previously I saw a post on Internet saying possible.

I have URLs of all posts and pages of a website. I can create .mp4 files of each post and pages and then adding all .mp4 files it will be the .mp4 file of the whole website. But I can't activate the functions on each post and page?

That sample website was created several years ago when I registered its domain. I seldomly upgrade its content nor visiting this website. I just leave it running on Internet.

[davexnet]

Why don't you just take screenshots of every you want to include and then use a NLE
to make a video from them?

[satimis]

Why don't you just take screenshots of every you want to include and then use a NLE
to make a video from them?

Hi davexnet,

Thanks for your advice.

I can do it on OpenShot/Shotcut exporting all screenshots as .mp4 video. I have done a lot exporting photos images as a .mp4 video file on OpenShot. The .mp4 file will be a digital slideshow.

I wonder whether it is possible converting a website as a .mp4 file. It is ONLY my curiosity.

Regards

[Subtitles]

You can convert your website to mp4 using AI tools.
This YouTube video will explain how.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nolEfGmVad0
There is a link in the video that takes you to the AI website
Looks like you need to pay for a video lasting more than 3 minutes.
It takes a very long time so be patient.

[dellsam34]

What do you mean by converting a website to mp4? is it like a screen capture where you click on different links while recording the action or you want to download every media from the website? Neither qualify to be called converting a website to mp4 to be honest.

[Subtitles]

Converting a website to video (mp4) has become a feature with AI tools to make money. Just type convert website to mp4 in Google to see how many AI sites offer this feature. One such company is Synthesia
They analyze a website and then present the text from the website pages using an avatar where a virtual person reads the text in a human voice.
If you look at the post above you will see what this means.
I think using screen recording the website pages would be the quickest and cheapest way to do this. Of course you will not have a voice reading the text in this case.

[dellsam34]

Interesting, The world is moving fast. Last week I recorded myself singing a snippet of 10 seconds using an AI app and it converted it to a full song with instruments, my jaw dropped, What a world we live in.

[Subtitles]

AI websites are investing a lot of money in developments and their subscription offers are quite expensive.
I hope that in a year or so the price will go down or free tools will be available.