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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: Blanquepage on February 09, 2020, 05:24:23 PM
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This should alleviate any further need for collectors to rely on Youtube uploads before they get zapped by Fremantle:
1) Download VLC Media Player at https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html (https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html) and open
2) Click Media --> Open Network Stream --> enter this link into field: https://buzzr.global.ssl.fastly.net/out/u/buzzr_hls.m3u8
3) Click Record button at the bottom OR Playback in top ribbon, and then select Record
4) Download a program like MP4Splitter to split out episodes from the recorded stream
That's it. The stream is recorded in real time in spectacular quality.
I'd recommend purchasing a dedicated external harddrive as each trimmed 30-minute episode measures about 500MB-600MB.
EDIT: Seriously, do this now, nighttime Tattletales will be on before we know it ;)
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Said it on FB, will say it again here - thanks for this walkthrough.
Instructions differ a bit for the Mac. The process starts at "Advanced Open File..." under the File menu. Then click Network, and paste the URL. The rest of the process is the same.
For me, on the Mac, the stream is then saved in the Playlist view for easy double-clicking later.
Now, if there would be a good way to automate this process on a spare PC in case I forget...
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I might need a little help, because the file I recorded is not something I'd consider acceptable.
For one thing, what I have is a .ts file. If there's a way to record an mp4 file, that might be all I need, but I didn't immediately see a setting for that in my VLC player. The file I have plays back somewhat choppily, and refuses to cooperate when I try to dump it into Adobe Premiere. The video and audio are out of sync in a way that's too complicated to correct.
Any ideas?
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I might need a little help, because the file I recorded is not something I'd consider acceptable.
For one thing, what I have is a .ts file. If there's a way to record an mp4 file, that might be all I need, but I didn't immediately see a setting for that in my VLC player. The file I have plays back somewhat choppily, and refuses to cooperate when I try to dump it into Adobe Premiere. The video and audio are out of sync in a way that's too complicated to correct.
Any ideas?
Oh dear. Perhaps your codec is the issue; in Open Network Stream, there's a Capture Device tab. DirectShow is the one currently working for me, is yours set to the same?
I didn't even know it would record in a .ts format. I'm using version 3.0.7.1 and it's coming out in MP4.
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Old dog, new tricks. It looks like it might be something as simple as not having the most up-to-date version. I updated, and I'm recording [most of] Tattletales right now. We'll see what happens.
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Well, I wish I had figured this out before Friday, but updating to the newest version was all I had to do.
Also, ABC needs to bring back Tattletales.
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Well, I wish I had figured this out before Friday, but updating to the newest version was all I had to do.
Also, ABC needs to bring back Tattletales.
Yay, glad it worked. Also, below are links to download the rarities of the evening for those that didn't get to capture them:
Tattletales PM #3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rWGiApvKPFFrZ5yZQHsL16E327gpE89q/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rWGiApvKPFFrZ5yZQHsL16E327gpE89q/view?usp=sharing)
Tattletales PM #16 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TWLoIsIKrMDPUPY3p3fLJ1AHdPheFt2W/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TWLoIsIKrMDPUPY3p3fLJ1AHdPheFt2W/view?usp=sharing)
#16 is still processing as I type this, just check back in a bit and it should be ready for download.
-Jamie
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Make sure you set a destination folder for the videos under Tools -> Preferences -> Input/Codecs -> Files. I thought I recorded Tattletales. I *thought*.
After setting a destination folder, recording properly worked.
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You're my hero for telling me the method of doing this, Jamie!! As someone who doesn't get Buzzr this is the closest thing to it I have for recording and enjoying these episodes on my later free time. At first I was worried because I recorded the two Tattletales, and then the first Bzzz! afterwards just because, and the video file refused to play, but after a few minutes it finally did. I'm guessing it just needed to take some time to process since it was a like, 1.6GB file. Thanks also for the mp4 splitting program recommendation!!
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I'm guessing it just needed to take some time to process since it was a like, 1.6GB file.
They do take a while to process. And they typically average out to about a gig or so an hour, as a rule of thumb. Case in point, I recorded last night's overnight stuff (midnight to 6 am), and the resulting video file ran to 6:00:12, and is 6.38 GB. A backup drive is a very good idea with these things.
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I'm guessing it just needed to take some time to process since it was a like, 1.6GB file.
They do take a while to process. And they typically average out to about a gig or so an hour, as a rule of thumb.
Ah OK, then the 1.6GB size makes sense since I recorded the Bzzz! episode immediately afterwards as well!! The picture quality really is awesome too.
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Dear Jamie,
Thank you, thank you, a million times THANK YOU for sharing this trick with all of us! I was able to record not only the Tattletales hour last night, but about 95% of the BZZZ-a-thon afterwords. For some reason, it didn't record the last 10 minutes of the night's last episode for me. Fingers crossed someone else got it & it'll be posted on YouTube somewhere along the line.
Once again, muchas gracias.
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This is really great news! Thanks!
Is there a simple way to figure out how to extrapolate it to other streams than Buzzr?
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This is really great news! Thanks!
Is there a simple way to figure out how to extrapolate it to other streams than Buzzr?
I'd think it's just a matter of obtaining the link of the streaming video from the page source on the site with the video.
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1) This is amazing. Biggest thank you!
2) Curious as to the easiest way to remove commercials from the recorded videos. Not really wanting to hang on to 10-20 minutes of ads per video (plus would like to remove them from some others) and curious how y'all go about it. (Edit: I'm on Mac)
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Re: ads, this is going to sound antiquated but I still have a copy of Movie Maker that I bust out to do various things (mostly with PowerPoint videos)
Otherwise, maybe Handbrake?
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1) This is amazing. Biggest thank you!
2) Curious as to the easiest way to remove commercials from the recorded videos. Not really wanting to hang on to 10-20 minutes of ads per video (plus would like to remove them from some others) and curious how y'all go about it
AviDemux? (http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/) I use VideoRedo, but this looks like a free alternative.
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I use VideoPad Editor to remove the commercials.
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I use Adobe Premiere, but I realize that's not a cost-effective solution for most of you.
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DaVinci Resolve (https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/) is available free.
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I use Adobe Premiere, but I realize that's not a cost-effective solution for most of you.
When I've done it to this point, that's the direction I usually go, but I've found the export and encode to be a lengthier process than I'd like on a six year old Mac Mini - and if I were to do any sort of volume of recording, I really don't want to do that manually.
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For archiving, I would think Handbrake would be the fastest option resulting in the smallest file, both on a PC and a Mac.
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For archiving, I would think Handbrake would be the fastest option resulting in the smallest file, both on a PC and a Mac.
I've only really used it to convert or truncate a file. Is it able to easily delete multiple segments within a file?
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I've only really used it to convert or truncate a file. Is it able to easily delete multiple segments within a file?
No, what I'd do is edit your raw with something else, and then run that finished edited product through Handbrake to convert to h265 for archival. There is no reason for an edited half-hour show to take up 500MB.
(And that means when you're using VLC or whatever to capture the stream, THAT capture should be as uncompressed as possible (like the .ts Matt was working with) and should be what you edit down, save to the same uncompressed format, and then compress.)
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Are there limitations on how big the video can be? I experimented by recording from 8:30 PM Eastern to about 6:30 PM Eastern, and got an 8 KB file with no video. If it helps, I was recording to a 256 GB Micro SD card on a Surface. I had no issues when I recorded Match Game 75, Sale of the Century, and The All New LMaD. (FWIW, one contestant on Sale last night was Kyle Gass. He went on to become the half of Tenacious D not named Jack Black.)
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Are there limitations on how big the video can be? I experimented by recording from 8:30 PM Eastern to about 6:30 PM Eastern, and got an 8 KB file with no video. If it helps, I was recording to a 256 GB Micro SD card on a Surface. I had no issues when I recorded Match Game 75, Sale of the Century, and The All New LMaD. (FWIW, one contestant on Sale last night was Kyle Gass. He went on to become the half of Tenacious D not named Jack Black.)
For VLC? Pretty sure there's no limit; I leave it recording before I leave for work and return home to trim a 13GB file.
The 8KB file sounds like what happened when I accidentally downloaded the stream in another program. Maybe instead of opening and recording, it downloaded?
-Jamie
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Are there limitations on how big the video can be? I experimented by recording from 8:30 PM Eastern to about 6:30 PM Eastern, and got an 8 KB file with no video. If it helps, I was recording to a 256 GB Micro SD card on a Surface.
One thing to check is the File System of the SD card. If it is FAT32, the largest single file size allowed is 4GB. I don't know what VLC does when this limit is exceeded, but corrupting the recording is certainly a possibility. If you aren't using the card in another setting that requires FAT32, reformatting the card to another format such as EXFAT will allow individual files larger than 4GB.
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For VLC? Pretty sure there's no limit; I leave it recording before I leave for work and return home to trim a 13GB file.
The 8KB file sounds like what happened when I accidentally downloaded the stream in another program. Maybe instead of opening and recording, it downloaded?
It acted like it recorded; when I stopped the recording, I got a brief black screen like I did when I did the two previous recordings. I will try a format like DYosua mentioned. I am sure it is formatted as FAT32. If worse meets worst, I can save the video on my desktop, though that fills up quite fast on a machine with just 128 GB of built in HD space.
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A possibility is that the interface for the SD card simply can't transfer data fast enough from the computer to the SD card. With a video stream, there's a LOT of data all at once.
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A possibility is that the interface for the SD card simply can't transfer data fast enough from the computer to the SD card. With a video stream, there's a LOT of data all at once.
Yeah, at the minimum you'd want one of those U3 / v30 rated cards (Costco sells a Sandisk 128GB one that is excellent in my GPi) and the writer would need to be able to take advantage of it (get that weak-ass USB2.0 ish out of here)...
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I booted up my Surface and what do you know, there is a 11.3 GB video file that wasn't there this morning, recording everything from Allen's close on P+ to an infomercial at 6 AM.
But the information is good to know in case anybody else needs it. Thanks!