MSDN - Re: Webcast Download

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Re: Webcast Download

Saga

2004-03-28, 10:07 pm

I would also like to do this and I have been doing some research,
which I can share with you in hopes that it will be useful.

The Webcast usually is contained in a WMV file, although some of
these files contain two lines that specify a URL where the streaming
media is located. The URL starts with a protocol indicator of mms://
which is multi media streaming.

Attempts to download the files from these URLs have failed. I
substituted mms:// with http// and the WMV file downloaded, but
to my surprise, it contained the same teo URLs.

After doing some research, there is a kit that allows you to handle
the mms:// protocol, but with restrictions, one of which is that if
the streaming video is not authorized, you just can't save it to
disk. I had to move on to other activities, but hope to come back
to this eventually to have a closer look atthat kit. Unfortunately, I
don't have the URL, but I Googled multimedia streaming protocol
and got back quite a few hits.

For now, I do have this:
http://all-streaming-media.com/reco...-real-video.htm

Perhaps this will help you.

Good luck!
Saga

"ChrisF" <chris.ferrie@candc.glasgow.gov.uk> wrote in message
news:414F5B22-CBB1-4521-B141-DD98DE2869AB@microsoft.com...
> I want to download the MSDN Webcast "SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services".
Is this possible? How do i do it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris

Ronny Ong

2004-03-28, 10:07 pm

Yes, I download Microsoft's webcasts all the time (and I'm not ashamed of
it, because I personally warned people in the MSDN Online and microsoft.com
groups that I'd be sucking on their bandwidth as soon as I figured out their
manifest file format and directory structure).

Exactly how to do it varies because there are several webcast formats used
by Microsoft (Support Webcasts used by PSS, the Seminar Online format used
by most but not all of MSDN and technet webcasts, the Placeware/Live Meeting
and InterWise formats used by product management teams, and the WebEx format
used by the U.S. sales organization for both technical and non-technical
presentations).

It's hard to tell exactly which type you're trying to download because you
didn't supply a URL and I don't currently find an MSDN webcast on Reporting
Services. Are you talking about the Launch Event webcast at
http://mssql.digisle.tv/event.html ? If so, any mms-recording tool such SDP
from http://sdp.ppona.com/ or WM Recorder from http://www.wmrecorder.com/
can download it, but my personal favorite is Net Transport, which is free
from http://www.xi-soft.com/.

Net Transport will download the asx file with http, then automatically
extract the mms URL from it and download that. Most of the other downloaders
will stop after the asx file, which does you no good. You then have to open
the asx file in Notepad, copy the mms URL, and paste it back into your
download tool. Just use Net Transport!

After downloading, you may want to index the wmv file, which allows you to
jump forward/backward in the video. Most asf/wmv files authored for offline
use are already indexed, but when you download streaming video, it won't be.
Net Transport has a "Make Index" function built-in. If you use another
downloader, you can index asf/wmv files using the Windows Media File Editor,
which is part of the Windows Media Encoder. You can get that at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...eries/encoder/.

Other than the Launch Event, the only Reporting Services webcast I'm aware
of was in InterWise format, which is easiest to download. Just make sure you
don't have the InterWise Participant Client running, then right-click on the
"Watch Now" link and choose Save Target As... in your browser. It will save
as an .vcm file.

If there's some other webcast you're referring to, post the specific URL.

"ChrisF" <chris.ferrie@candc.glasgow.gov.uk> wrote in message
news:414F5B22-CBB1-4521-B141-DD98DE2869AB@microsoft.com...
>I want to download the MSDN Webcast "SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services".
>Is this possible? How do i do it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris

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