can streaming video be transferred to tivoHD?

[dubluv]

i want to be able to watch streaming video (no saving option that i know of) from my pc. is this possible? the streaming video is live arena2 football, and it uses a special player to watch on the pc which i had to download and register.

[windracer]

Nope. You would need some way of capturing (recording) the stream to a compatible file (i.e., MPEG-2) before sending it to the TiVo.

[dubluv]

Nope. You would need some way of capturing (recording) the stream to a compatible file (i.e., MPEG-2) before sending it to the TiVo.

that's what i thought, so it begs the next queston, how can i save a streaming video?

[s2kdave]

There are many ways, but it depends on what kind of video it is. And if it has drm you're going to hit a roadblock. You have to get the unprotected content. You can use mplayer to dump some streams to a file. Some flash based videos aren't streams at all, they're flv files that get downloaded in chunks, but the whole file can be saved.

[dubluv]

There are many ways, but it depends on what kind of video it is. And if it has drm you're going to hit a roadblock. You have to get the unprotected content. You can use mplayer to dump some streams to a file. Some flash based videos aren't streams at all, they're flv files that get downloaded in chunks, but the whole file can be saved.

hey dave, how do i tell what type of video it is? i had to DL a dedicated player to watch. my son plays for an arena football team(Peoria Pirates), and his team's games are available this way. the player and viewing are free on the net, the player was DL'd from AF2.tv. appreciate the help. i really want to be able to save his games, since we live on long island, and he's in the midwest we cannot go to any of his games (until i hit lotto).

[alansplace]

i want to be able to watch streaming video (no saving option that i know of) from my pc. is this possible? the streaming video is live arena2 football, and it uses a special player to watch on the pc which i had to download and register.i watch live streaming video being played on windows media player on my tv by connecting my pc to the tv with a cable that has an s-video connector on the pc end and a composite video connector on the tv end. audio is transferred from the stereo audio port on the pc to the tv with a cable that has a 3.5mm stereo plug on one end and a red and a white rca plug on the other end.

i think that you could hook up an appliance dvr burner the same way and then burn the live transmission to a dvd-rw in real time.
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Alan:D

[dubluv]

what makes this situation different from other streaming video is that the video plays on a proprietary player which i had to download from their site. so, it really isn't web streaming like other web based video. i contacted the provider, and they told me at this time there's no way to capture their video.

[alansplace]

what makes this situation different from other streaming video is that the video plays on a proprietary player which i had to download from their site. so, it really isn't web streaming like other web based video. i contacted the provider, and they told me at this time there's no way to capture their video.concerning the method that i suggested. the transfer of the video to another device isn't dependent on the player, it's just that whatever is on the laptop (this is a gateway) display can be displayed on a different device if you are either plugged into the svga port or the s-video port and hit a certain key combo.
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Alan :D

[dubluv]

concerning the method that i suggested. the transfer of the video to another device isn't dependent on the player, it's just that whatever is on the laptop (this is a gateway) display can be displayed on a different device if you are either plugged into the svga port or the s-video port and hit a certain key combo.
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Alan :D

ok, i understand now. however, my laptop doesn't seem to be able to send video thru the vga port, as i tried hooking my tv to the laptop but i dont get a picture on the tv. i checked the graphics settings, but can't figure it out. i'll see if i can get support from asus to help me. i might have better luck with my desktop, which does have an s video output on the video card.

[alansplace]

ok, i understand now. however, my laptop doesn't seem to be able to send video thru the vga port, as i tried hooking my tv to the laptop but i dont get a picture on the tv. i checked the graphics settings, but can't figure it out. i'll see if i can get support from asus to help me. i might have better luck with my desktop, which does have an s video output on the video card.if you have to go to a computer that is not conveniently close to the tv for hooking up temporary cabling beteween it and the tv be aware that there are wireless solutions for sending s-video or composite signals and analog audio.

good luck
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Alan :D

[alansplace]

i just tested my suggestion. i chose a movie to watch from netflix and plugged my laptop into my Toshiba RD-XS32S DVR/DVD burner. it has the standard yellow, white and red rca sockets under a door on the front panel. i used the dvr record function and was able to record the movie to the toshiba's hard drive as it played on the tv screen in real time.
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Alan :D

[dubluv]

i just tested my suggestion. i chose a movie to watch from netflix and plugged my laptop into my Toshiba RD-XS32S DVR/DVD burner. it has the standard yellow, white and red rca sockets under a door on the front panel. i used the dvr record function and was able to record the movie to the toshiba's hard drive as it played on the tv screen in real time.
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Alan :D

dvr function? is that a toshiba feature or windows?

[alansplace]

dvr function? is that a toshiba feature or windows?it's a function of a dvr/vcr combo made by toshiba, not a windows function. it's no longer available, but one of amazon's marketpace sellers stocks a newer model. here is a link to it:

http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-RD-XS34-Recorder-160-GB-Drive/dp/B0007U093G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1211842419&sr=1-1

for testing purposes it was easier to use the dvr than making a dvd.
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Alan :D

[jmw86069]

There may be more options if you're in the linux world than in the Windows world. While many video streams cannot [yet] be viewed in linux, I'd say that if it can be viewed in linux it can probably be stored. There's a long thread about a similar topic involving MLB on Linux, where essentially the codecs exist in linux, and some clever scripting reveals the proper URL for the video feed. They end up using mplayer as the video application (or vlc), which has the option of saving to a file. You can even transcode during the process. (You may be able to find a Windows equivalent, I don't mean to bash Windows...)

I wonder if you could find the URL being streamed to your proprietary video software, use a router or proxy of some sort. Download ffmpeg or mplayer and just run 'ffmpeg -i http://blah.com/blah' and let it spit back what it can figure out. If it can't figure it out, do a Google search for a codec, maybe you get lucky. But if it *can* figure it out... well, fmpeg can write to a file, and you can even watch that file with another application while it's being saved if you're desperate.

That said... it's kind of admitting defeat to go through essentially a VCR to get it recorded isn't? ;-) A USB TV capture card costs about $50, you can hook it up and let it do its work also.