[magichandz]

Hi there,
I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

I'm trying to grab this stream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_owH4FlFN90

i've tried using the network monitor in developer tools in google chrome. i copied the link for the stream and pasted it into a download accelerator/manager and after about 30 mins or so it times out and i have to generate another link. creating breaks in the stream and the need for me to sit by the computer and make a new link every half hour. which i can't do since the stream is 6 hours.

i was reading through these two threads
http://stream-recorder.com/forum/dump-youtube-live-tv-stream-file-using-t15019.html
http://stream-recorder.com/forum/ffmpeg-error-loading-first-segment-recording-olympic-t14019.html

and the best tool seems to be youtubedl but isn't that windows only?

i was going to try the ffmpeg method but all the instructions are for linux based compiliing and i run into jams which i have to troubleshoot for the mac command line.

i've tried using a screen recorder before but the quality isn't as good as the downloaded streams.

if there are any sites with comprehensive instructions on how to do a mac compile of ffmpeg/rtmpdump please let me know. i've done a lot of googling and can't get any to work with my system. i'll keep trying of course but i'd appreciate some help. thx.

[magichandz]

i realized that i didn't have xcode installed which was causing all the problems. i installed youtube-dl via macports and i'm getting videos to download but it's not working with streams.

guess i'll have to keep working on the ffmpeg method.

trying this stream currently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Rd2hByRyc

[magichandz]

got ffmpeg installed via macports. tried svnpenn's method from here
http://stream-recorder.com/forum/capture-stream-nbcolympics-com-t13287.html?p=50357#post50357

and it worked!

funny how posting on a board can get you to solve your problems :p