Any way to save Brightcove video?

May 2, 2006 2:51 PM

Like the title says - Brightcove streaming video - any way to save it?

I'm trying to download something that's in Brightcove streaming video format, without success.

posted by A189Nut to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Using Firefox and the Live HTTP Headers extension, you can find out the URL of the .flv file, download it, drop it into Flash and generate a SWF to play the video at will.

I have a friend who works at BC, but he's watching the Redsox right now - I'll try to ask him when he gets back from the game (ie. tomorrow).
posted by jedrek at 4:00 PM on May 2, 2006

There's a new firefox extension, Video Downloader, that unembeds all kinds of media, streaming and otherwise.
posted by Mr. Gunn at 5:01 PM on May 2, 2006

I like snapzpro , which allows you to capture anything that is playing on your screen. However, you'd have to buy it.
posted by puppy kuddles at 5:04 PM on May 2, 2006

The game was rained out, so he's back early. As long as the publisher decides to use progressive downloads, you can use my HTTP Header technique or the Video Downloader extension. If they've chosen to use streaming, a screencap util like snapzpro is probably your only choice.
posted by jedrek at 5:45 PM on May 2, 2006