who to decode .asx and find where the file is located?

[andylawcc]

my boss wants me to d/l this movie file from this site:http://www.wcetv.com/v5/default_v55.asp?Cat=Lon&videoName=LON100659

all I can d/l is the playlist file:
http://www.wcetv.com/asx/Lon/LON100659_v5.asx
which is useless...

how can I get the "real" thing?

 

[torpid]

Are you sure this is legal? I suspect it is not.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: torpid
Are you sure this is legal? I suspect it is not.

really???? i mean, if they make it available online , why can't i have a copy on harddrive instead of streaming it slowly off their servers?

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: torpid
Are you sure this is legal? I suspect it is not.

really???? i mean, if they make it available online , why can't i have a copy on harddrive instead of streaming it slowly off their servers?

Because if they for example wanted to start charging you for that stream because it is older than 14 days, they wouldn't be able to.

 

[Homerboy]

ummm open the .asx with notepad... VOILA!

Edit:

<ASX version = "3.0">
<entry clientskip="no" skipifref="no">
<Ref href = "mms://4.19.71.132/wcetv/lon/lon100659_v5.wmv" />
</entry>
</ASX>

Tell your boss to give me a raise! Don't take the credit yourself

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: torpid
Because if they for example wanted to start charging you for that stream because it is older than 14 days, they wouldn't be able to.

humm... that's a predicament...



oh, thanks Homerboy anyways... but that didn't work.

 

[torpid]

As long as you aren't broadcasting it or selling it I doubt it's going to be an issue. I don't know what your boss wants to do with it though so I brought up the legal question.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: torpid
As long as you aren't broadcasting it or selling it I doubt it's going to be an issue. I don't know what your boss wants to do with it though so I brought up the legal question.

oh, it was our company's press conference, and that file is the news footage of it. my boss (of the marketing department) wants a hard copy of the footage for keep sake.

 

[HN]

use some type of stream capture software. GetASFStream (scroll down here http://all-streaming-media.com/record-v...cord-streaming-video-windows-media.htm ) is free

 

[torpid]

Why doesn't he just ask the network for it?

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: torpid
Why doesn't he just ask the network for it?

it's wcetv news footage of the press conference; not the company's own video.

 

[wkinney]

Whoops sorry,

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=7942&fileidx=1

ASFRecorder will supposedly download asx mms streams

 

[Traire]

Originally posted by: HN

Originally posted by: torpid
Why doesn't he just ask the network for it?

it's wcetv news footage of the press conference; not the company's own video.

Yeah, but if he calls the network and requests a copy, they will most likely give him one. It will probably be a lot nicer quality than the streaming one as well.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Traire

Originally posted by: HN

Originally posted by: torpid
Why doesn't he just ask the network for it?

it's wcetv news footage of the press conference; not the company's own video.

Yeah, but if he calls the network and requests a copy, they will most likely give him one. It will probably be a lot nicer quality than the streaming one as well.

actually, we asked, and they are willing to give us a copy.... but they didn't confirm when they will do so. So I decided on my own to somehow download the footage through "alternative" methods

 

[Gunslinger08]

And this is why I'm using MultiMedia Server on 2k3 to host pay-per-view streaming videos. It doesn't create an asx. The only way to steal it is a stream capture, which is beyond 99% of the general public.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
And this is why I'm using MultiMedia Server on 2k3 to host pay-per-view streaming videos. It doesn't create an asx. The only way to steal it is a stream capture, which is beyond 99% of the general public.

If it's playable, it's stealable, digitally. GetASFStream has stolen everything I've thrown at it (non-DRM content anyway).