Downloading a .ram file

[mubs]

There's a 1-hour Real video I want to download. I can run it from the the web site, but when I right click and try to save it to disk, it comes down as a 62kb file. I tried searching the forums, but got 20+ pages of hits. Can someone point me in the right direction if they know off the top of their head? Thanks.

 

[mubs]

Correction: file size is 62 bytes

 

[blakerwry]

open the file in notepad, it is likely a link to another file that (hopefully) can be downloaded via a web browser

 

[mubs]

Thanks, Blake. It was a text file with a link to a page, rtsp://......smil (SMIL Multimedia Presentation). But when I put the full address in a browser, Real Player gets fired off automatically. I tried disabling the SMIL plug-in in Firefox, didn't help. IE does the same thing. Can't seem to just download the thing.

 

[EdwardK]

The other option is to use a capturing tool such as Streambox VCR to capture .ram files. The last I heard, Real Networks sued Streambox over this. However, a quick Google search still return links to the beta versions :wink:

Cheers,
Edward

 

[CityK]

mubs, there were some suggestions in this SR thread

 

[Mercutio]

Indeed Streambox is very available. I have it, if nothing else. I use it to save copies of This American Life.

 

[mubs]

Thanks, EdwardK and CityK. StreamboxVCR can't seem to do it. I tried all versions, Beta 2, Beta 3 and Beta 3.1. Beta 2 dies immediately with an app error. betas 3 and 3.01 die within about 5 seconds. Keep trying with the same result. I can stream it fine, though. The file I want is the one in my thread here.

 

[HellDiver]

mubs :

Try dropping by this place. They may not be fully up to date, but they have truckloads of info on the subject.

 

[mubs]

Thanks, HD, I'll check them out.

 

[MaxBurn]

What I do in this situation is write myself a little web page with that link in it. Then open the page in IE and use the right click - save as thing.

 

[blakerwry]

the "hidownload" program had no trouble grabbing that real stream mubs