[someone123]

There is a TV show cartoon that I watched as a kid that I'd love to rewatch. I finally found a television channel that shows it. But episodes of the show air at an extremely inconvenient time and I can't get the channel (so, no TiVo). When I emailed them about the show and purchasing it they said they doubt there will ever be a DVD.

Okay, and now the laughing at me part. It's a children's channel affiliated with the TBN network (yes, the televangelist thing). The cartoon was secular, though. I guess they liked its family values or relative wholesomeness or something?

I cannot for the life of me figure out the address of the stream so I can load it into VLC. Is there anyone with more advanced knowledge that can help me?

The link live children's channel is:
http://www.tbn.org/watch/syndication/live/tbn_hd_iframe.php?myAdjustedSwfWidth=640&myAdjustedSwfHeight=534&which_channel=soac&page_url=http://www.smileofachildtv.com/watchOnline.htm

This is the SWF file attached to it, which when I open it apparently default loads the regular TBN stream... http://www.tbn.org/flash/hd_player_4x3.swf?v=8&allowFullScreen=true&scale=noscale&align=left&salign=tl&betamode=1

I don't know anything about SWF or how to find the address of the video files within it...

I didn't know if I knew the address of the stream I could someone record during the 30 minutes the show I want plays?

Help!

[Bahman]

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://cp114426.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live" -a "live?ovpfv=2.1.5"
-W "http://www.tbn.org/flash/hd_player_4x3.swf" --live -y "smile_mbr_high_1@59409?
auth=daEasd8agbWaCascZdCabc8b1atd8bddVb8-bltH3v-G9ya-dtrBIvvA_1aLQQ
&aifp=v001&slist=1vowg_token@s17605;2vowg_token@s17605;3vowg_ token@s17605"
-o "smile_mbr_high_1@59409.flv"

RTMPDump v2.4 GIT-2011-12-22 (Compiled by KSV)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting Live Stream
INFO: Metadata:
INFO: author
INFO: copyright
INFO: description
INFO: keywords
INFO: rating
INFO: title
INFO: presetname Custom
INFO: creationdate Sun Feb 05 04:09:54 2012
INFO: videodevice Osprey-700 HD Video Device 1
INFO: framerate 29.97
INFO: width 640.00
INFO: height 480.00
INFO: videocodecid avc1
INFO: videodatarate 952.00
INFO: avclevel 31.00
INFO: avcprofile 77.00
INFO: videokeyframe_frequency2.00
INFO: audiodevice Osprey-700 HD Audio Device 1
INFO: audiosamplerate 44100.00
INFO: audiochannels 1.00
INFO: audioinputvolume 75.00
INFO: audiocodecid mp4a
INFO: audiodatarate 48.00
141.386 kB / 0.00 sec

for VLC:
rtmpdump -r "rtmp://cp114426.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live" -a "live?ovpfv=2.1.5" -W "http://www.tbn.org/flash/hd_player_4x3.swf" --live -y "smile_mbr_high_1@59409?auth=get yours auth" | "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -

Auth can be taken with rtmpsuck or Coojah!!

[someone123]

I think I overestimated my abilities/understanding here. I've looked at the thread about RTMPDump and VLC... and I guess I don't understand the VLC program - at all. Where does the command go...? (Please refer me to the pages/reading where I can build up the knowledge I need, if necessary!)

[Bahman]

First Download this (http://www.mediafire.com/?6cami3wu799hm43)!!
Extract all included files into one folder!!
Run rtmpexplorer, close rtmpsrv, and open rtmpsuck!! In rtmpexplorer, put webpage link in and click on go!! Take a look on rtmpsuck, it will get the playpath and starts downloading!! Now, Close both windows, and open command.bat via notepad!! Look at the pattern url that I have written in it!! replace your auth in it and save & close!! and then double click on command.bat!!

[someone123]

So, I did all that and clicked the Command.bat. It beeped and scrolled down a lot of nonsense text then closed...?

Also, after that I corrected the path for my VLC program - it's in "Program Files (x86)", but I got the same thing?

[Bahman]

Oh, the stream even doesn't need auth!!

OK! right now, Delete everything in Command.bat and paste this script in it:
rtmpdump -r "rtmp://cp114426.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live" -a "live?ovpfv=2.1.5" -W "http://www.tbn.org/flash/hd_player_4x3.swf" --live -y "smile_mbr_high_1@59409" | "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -

[someone123]

Yes! It works! And I have no idea what the crap I am watching right now... o.O

Thank you for your assistance! This has been very instructive!

[someone123]

Wait, now how to I save this with the Convert/Save option?

[Bahman]

I don't know how to do this work with VLC!!
But you can download and save it with rtmpdump!! just replace
-o "TBN.flv"
instead of
| "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -

Notice: there is only one space between -y "smile_mbr_high_1@59409" and -o "TBN.flv"!!

[someone123]

Excellent!

I'm going to have to do some independent research on VLC and scheduling, etc. :)

(From what I've read so far, I think I have to set up some .bat files that I schedule Windows to run).

I'm just missing what the "network url" I'm supposed to input is, when using VLC. :P

Or I guess actually I could just somehow schedule THIS .bat file to run at certain times, now that I think of it? I wonder if that is possible...

[Bahman]

VLC doesn't support inputting rtmp url!!
Yes, is possible!!

[someone123]

And I think I've figured it out! :) I'll test it for a certain time later today and see if it works. If so, I'll set up the schedule for the show I actually DO want... :eek:

[someone123]

It's stopped working for me. :(

I get:
INFO: Connected...
Starting Live Stream.

Then it just closes the window after a few more seconds.

[someone123]

Nevermind. I fixed it. :)

[someone123]

Okay, help. I used to be able to record a higher quality. (smile_mbr_high_1@59409)

Now that no longer works. I got this one the other day: soac_mbr_300@101622. It is not as nice a quality (I'm thinking the 300 vs. high).

I can't get it to read the "High" or "Super" quality video address?
http://www.smileofachildtv.org/watchOnline_big.php

[someone123]

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for your help! This is the higher quality address, but I can't seem to extract a file from it?

http://www.tbn.org/watch/syndication/live/tbn_hd_iframe.php?myAdjustedSwfWidth=426.666666666 66663&myAdjustedSwfHeight=374&which_channel=soac&page_url=http://www.smileofachildtv.org/watchOnline.htm