how can i get this into my hard drive? Please note that setting "save
cache to hard drive" in the plug-in does not help. PLEASE TEST BEFORE
YOU ANSWER!

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/oct/mfriedman/gimmeadose_ref.mov

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Request for Question Clarification by tisme-ga on 12 Jan 2003 21:50 PST

Hello tomek,

I am giving you this information for educational purposes only:

Basically the only way you could do this is by breaking through some
encryption and figuring out how to record streaming media.

I want to refer you to this URL:
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-235822.html?legacy=cnet

Streambox VCR Was a product that had the ability to download streams
from quicktime, realplayer and windows media player. Basically they
lost their case in court and had to stop development of such products.
There are organizations and individuals that do this kind of thing,
but you are unlikely to get any help at Google Answers because most of
these products are illegal in many countries, especially the United
States.

Also if you find that it is legal to download streaming video where
you live, be sure that you are very careful what programs you download
from the internet. Many of them contain trojans, viruses and frankly
most of them do not work because companies are always updating
encryption and protocols to stay on top of people breaking into their
software.

I do not think you are likely to get a working answer here than this.
You can remove the question if you want, or take this as an answer
(but I understand that I did not answer your question as asked).

You might want to try contacting apple to see how long the movie will
stay on the internet or ask them if there is anyway to get a version
that is downloadable. They might do it for educational or commercial
purposes if you pay them for it.

All the best,

tisme-ga

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Clarification of Question by tomek-ga on 04 Feb 2003 20:02 PST

thank you all for trying.

tomek...

You can't. This is a link to a streamed file which is not
available for download. It was done this way to prevent
downloading. The only thing that will show up in your 
cache or a download is a shortcut to the stream.

Hi,

There was a (now discontinued) software called "Streambox VCR" that
can save streaming video to hard disk. You can search the net for it
and give a try.

Bio

The Streambox VCR application mentioned in teh clarification and
comments is still available from some sites on the web, however some
comments I have read say that it is not very reliable with Quicktime
RTSP streams.

There are applications that can 'screen capture' such things, but
intercepting it at a software level as it is written to the screen.
However I can't remember any names and have not been sucessful in
locating any.

Good luck, but I think you may be out of luck.

It is very important that the user be careful if downloading the
Streambox VCR software. The original version is very difficult to find
and there have been a number of repackaged versions which include
viruses, trojans, backdoors etc.

The most important thing to look at is legal issues, this usually is
not allowed.

Streambox VCR was very good at capturing quicktime, real media and
windows streaming media in its day, but since it has been discontinued
by the company, there have been many changes made to the different
types of streaming media. Some people have cracked the software and
attempt to keep it up to date... I have no idea if it actually works
now but some people claim it does.

Depending on how important this is to you, I would say that your best
option would be to contact the owner of the streaming media and try to
get a license for it and obtain it somehow.

> There are applications that can 'screen capture' such things, but
> intercepting it at a software level as it is written to the screen.
> However I can't remember any names and have not been sucessful in
> locating any.

Some time ago I successfully saved an ASF stream using Camtasia
(http://www.snagit.com) screen capture software.