is there any way to save streaming video to my hard drive to play back when i want without having to reload?

Question

when watching streaming video it says buffering and when its finished i can replay it all i want, quickly so i know its saved somewhere on my computer. is there any way to retreive these videos? ive looked in temp files but never have found anything. i am running windowes xp media edition. please help me with some step by steps thanx.

Answer 1

No.... Believe me I've tried

Answer 2

What ever any one streams over the Internet it is still a file... and most of the time it is in the temporary internet files.. Sometimes you know the exact size of the file... this way you would know how to search it on the temp file by sorting the list in order of how big a certain file is... Sometimes you don't know it is that file but it really is.. because they named it as something else...

Just search for the file there copy paste it into your documents and start playing it again. Mp3s can be streamed.. we don't often see it but if you look hard enough it is located in your hard drive... Now on some occassions it may says that your video playback would fail.. More often than not they are still files... You can get other programs like hmmm Deepnet browser that actually can pinpoint the exact location of a file that it is downloading and instead of playing it saving the target us... Anyway.. you experiment... it is possible.... cause I do this a lot...

Answer 3

Streaming Videos are Mostly Live Shows, Such as Radio Shows, ect. Once You can Play Video on Your Computer over and Over, If it's Opened Into Windows Media Player, You Can Go to File and Then to SAVE MEDIA AS, Save in Your Documents and You Can Watch It Later as Often as You Want, If it a Video Player on the Internet You can Watch It and Then Right Click on the Video and SAVE TARGET AS, Save in Your Documents, Remembering to Make Sure that You Don't Save as the Same Name as any Other File!!
Good Luck to You My Friend!

Answer 4

YES!! It's called

HiDownload.

It operates by copying and pasting the URL of the streaming file, (it supports: http, mms, mmsu, mmst, ftp, rtsp and some others)

into it's interface, and it then "grabs" the stream and "records" it for as long as you wish. You can rename the file/move it or whatever once your done.

You just have to know the 'address' of the video (not the homepage of the server) and you can find this out by clicking "properties" when a video is playing and looking for the address or source there. Sometime you can copy the hyperlink to the video stream and this also provides the correct address.

The only bad thing is getting used to it's interface- it's not too straightforawrd but once you know how to use it, it takes a few seconds to begin taping anything you like!!

I have recorded streaming video from all around the world using this.
I believe I first tried it for free from download.com; it is cheap though at around 39$ when you think of how much video you get out of it, compared to a limited DVD or VHS, you know?

GET IT!! It works awesome!

http://www.download.com/HiDownload/3000-2071_4-10279398.html?tag=lst-0-1

Answer 5

For Quicktime files which are not protected, make sure the file is fully loaded. At the control panel which is located just below the Quicktime file, choose the file menu command save.

For password protected Windows Media Streams (wmv, asf, asx, wvx, wma) try the following software:

1. WM Recorder
2. Mass Downloader
3. Offline Explorer Pro/Enterprise
4. HiDownload
5. Net Transport
6. Stream Down
7. ASFRecorder
8. GetASFStream
9. SDP Receiver

To record password protected Real Media Streams (ra, rm, ram) try the following software:

1. RM Recorder
2. Mass Downloader
3. Offline Explorer Pro
4. HiDownload
5. Net Transport
6. Stream Down
7. R7C Real7ime

* Please take note that currently there is no one program capable of recording all the password protected streams. Try the latest versions of several programs.

* In case of non-recordable streams or DRM protected streams you can use screen capture software and direct audio recording software.

Answer 6

It's very simple. If you are running XP Media edition the file is automatically saved into the windows media player when you play it. All you need to do is open the windows media player and the file will be listed on the right side of the screen under the "Now Playing List". Or you can go to C: Drive click on Documents and settings then click on my documents or owners documents next click local settings then temporary internet files. Every file that you download from the internet is in this folder. Unless you have cleaned out your temporary files you should be able to find it there.

Answer 7

Some streaming video will allow you to look at the properties if you right click on it. You can then see the url that the video is streaming from. Enter it in an address bar and then save the video that way. It doesn't work for all vids though.

Answer 8

Yes there is. It requires Firefox 1.5. Download and install Firefox 1.5, then go to Mozilla's website and look for a Firefox add-on named VideoDownloader 1.0. Download and install it. There will be an icon on the bottom row that looks like a filmstrip and a floppy disk. Click that.

Works with YouTube, Google Video, iFilm, and MetaCafe, among others.

Answer 9

If its in Windows Media Player, Just go to file ans select save. and save the streaming video to the hard drive, other than that, theres nothing i could do.

Answer 10

Keepvid.com is the place to go. Make sure you have the right url. When you save it, be sure to put .flv. If you do it this way you need an flv player. Afterwards you can convert it into a file type you want using a software that you can get at download.com.

Answer 11

Like the other answers above said, most likely you could with the right software, but you also have to have a big hard drive to handle it. If you don't have enough free space to handle it, you could have problems with other programs in the future. It all depends on your security settings, and your 'options' in your windows setup.