# How to record the video from a webpage discreetly?



## karamvirk (Aug 13, 2010)

My college provides a membership to it's website, where I can watch few of the selected lectures. I want to record them for later offline viewing but I dont know whether they allow this or not. So is there any software that can record these videos without letting my college officials know that the video is being recorded/downloaded??


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## PraKs (Aug 13, 2010)

Record the screen of computer.

Or download flv files.


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## karamvirk (Aug 13, 2010)

PraKs said:


> Record the screen of computer.
> 
> Or download flv files.



I tried FRAPS but it only works with games and videos that are being played offline. It does not detect any video that is being played in a webpage !! Any other software which can do this??


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## arpanmukherjee1 (Aug 14, 2010)

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IDM internet download manager helps...............


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## cute.bandar (Aug 14, 2010)

Search for the video's URL in the source code of the webpage. There are tools available to download the video once you know its address. 
Example: the URl maybe something like mms://sitename.com/video.wmv . simply use some software to download the video. 
AFAIk this would be discrete, they won't know if you are downloading or watching the video.


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## karamvirk (Aug 14, 2010)

cute.bandar said:


> Search for the video's URL in the source code of the webpage. There are tools available to download the video once you know its address.
> Example: the URl maybe something like mms://sitename.com/video.wmv . simply use some software to download the video.
> AFAIk this would be discrete, they won't know if you are downloading or watching the video.



hmm ok thanx for the reply. .I will try this


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## topgear (Aug 15, 2010)

Simply use Internet Download Manager and Try to view those pages in Iinternet Explorer - the integration of IDM works best with IE - you should be able to download those videos with IDM just fine


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## arpanmukherjee1 (Aug 15, 2010)

cute.bandar said:


> Example: the URl maybe something like *mms://sitename.com/video.wmv *. simply use some software to download the video.



not all links are wmv formats and  all browsers do not support that. most common format is the flash (.flv) format which is in form of embedded object. HTML does not recognise any video format or audio. it must be in object format


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## topgear (Aug 16, 2010)

IDM can download .flv video files with ease - I use it to download video files from youtube


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## hjpotter92 (Aug 19, 2010)

open IE after installing IDM. right click on the page, while watching video (if download with IDM doesn't appear above the video itself), select download FLV content with IDm.. and done.


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## PraKs (Aug 19, 2010)

Has anyone used Capture Fox in Firefox ?


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## Cool Buddy (Aug 19, 2010)

I think download helper addon for firefox will do the trick. And don't worry, they'll never find out that you have downloaded the video.


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## abhinav_sinha (Aug 20, 2010)

well I use firefox and search the plugin download helper (I have included picture) and go on or if you wish to use some download manager along with video down loader which even provides speed go for download accelerator plus. Its totally free (picture included) works with even internet explorer though in some places It doesn't works but they are minimal.Though there is no such trouble with the download helper.


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## Psykeeper (Aug 26, 2010)

Try YouTube Downloader (you can find it at Cnet download).
A free streaming video downloder.
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Screen recorder for YouTube


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## PraKs (Sep 9, 2010)

Bumping old thread, Not creating a new one.

Want to download this video.
Push a Coin Through a Table - Video - Wired

Tried most firefox extension & FVD, Not working

Any help please ?


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## karamvirk (Sep 13, 2010)

hjpotter92 said:


> open IE after installing IDM. right click on the page, while watching video (if download with IDM doesn't appear above the video itself), select download FLV content with IDm.. and done.





topgear said:


> IDM can download .flv video files with ease - I use it to download video files from youtube



Sorry for the late reply guys but I was trying to get it to work but failed
One more thing to add, the website only allows IE 7 or 8...no firefox or chrome
And in IE 7 both Flashget & IDM failed to download the video (even tried download all flv content with IDM option but it says no video content found) Any other option left??


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## topgear (Sep 14, 2010)

Just to confirm - can you download videos from youtube using IE7+IDM ??


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## karamvirk (Sep 14, 2010)

topgear said:


> Just to confirm - can you download videos from youtube using IE7+IDM ??



yes IDM works perfectly well with all other sites.


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## cute.bandar (Sep 14, 2010)

post the source code of the webpage on which the video is .


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## PraKs (Sep 14, 2010)

^^
Download this one

Push a Coin Through a Table - Video - Wired

Source code will be too big to paste here, please check & let me know.


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## karamvirk (Sep 15, 2010)

PraKs said:


> ^^
> Download this one
> 
> Push a Coin Through a Table - Video - Wired
> ...



"Download video from this page" appears at the top of webpage which when selected downloads the advertisement that comes before the video. Later on if I try to right click & select all "flv content" option then same error appears "no video found"

In my case, there are no advertisements before the video


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## pimpom (Sep 15, 2010)

Try this manual method with IE:
Enable showing of hidden and system files.
After the movie has finished playing, go to Temporary Internet Files. In XP the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\_username_\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
If you open or refresh this folder right after the movie, before you do anything else with IE, the file will be at the bottom.

It's a good idea to empty the browser cache (delete temporary internet files) before you start the process. Also make sure the cache size is not too small.


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## bobby23 (Sep 15, 2010)

Use Camtasia it is a screen recording software it is not free 30 day trail so give it a try start recording maximize the video u want to record also for record audio change the setting to speakers. This software has worked superbly for me....


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## topgear (Sep 16, 2010)

Camtasia can record whatever is showing on screen with audio - you just have to configure it correctly.


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## karamvirk (Sep 16, 2010)

pimpom said:


> Try this manual method with IE:
> Enable showing of hidden and system files.
> After the movie has finished playing, go to Temporary Internet Files. In XP the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\_username_\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
> If you open or refresh this folder right after the movie, before you do anything else with IE, the file will be at the bottom.
> ...



Already tried once, no flv or video files are shown there. Maximum size file in that folder was one video from another site which was of 1.5 MB



bobby23 said:


> Use Camtasia it is a screen recording software it is not free 30 day trail so give it a try start recording maximize the video u want to record also for record audio change the setting to speakers. This software has worked superbly for me....



hmm will surely try this, I earlier tried FRAPS. FRAPS can also record both A&V but it slowed down the video. . .my guess is my system is not good enough to both play & record video with FRAPS. Maybe camtasia works for me. . .


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## hdknitro (Sep 16, 2010)

hold on guys.
Dude just download orbit downloader. It embeds with both IE and firefox and works perfectly with online vedios, online audio streams and even flash. And increases ur download speed to almost 150%. Check it out it,s free


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## PraKs (Sep 16, 2010)

@hdknitro

Can you try this video with Orbit & tell if you can download ?

Push a Coin Through a Table - Video - Wired


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