Hiya I'm so glad you seem to know how to do this but could you explain it a little better for me as I've been trying to find out how to record VTC videos for a while now. Could you please post some very simple to follow instructions. I did try doing what you said.
I logged in to VTC. Then using Project URL Snooper, I clicked SNIFF NETWORK... Then clicked a link to play a tutorial on VTC. A few URLs came into veiw, then I used the PROTOCOL FILTER to show only media URLs. But the only URL it comes up with is:
http://mediaservers2.vtc.com/player/...ayer_large.mov
This obviously is'nt the URL I was after... VTC seem to have their own player. My guess is its a Quicktime plugin especially for them. And this URL is something to do with that.
If I select show all URLs on the PROTOCOL FILTER it comes up with the following URL's:
Code:
http://www.vtc.com/modules/products/moviePlay.php?size=Large&foldername=logic6&sku=33439&id=30495&movieCode=0101
http://www.vtc.com
http://www.vtc.com/products/logic.htm
http://mediaservers2.vtc.com/player/movieplayer.php?cipher=0s0c1t|poe16|eislhgni&size=Large
http://www.vtc.com/player/movieplayer.php?cipher=0s0c1t|poe16|eislhgni&size=Large
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab
http://mediaservers2.vtc.com/player/resources/vtcmovieplayer_large.mov
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download
http://www.vtc.com/player/scripts/cookies.js
http://mediaservers2.vtc.com/player/resources/info.xml
http://mediaservers2.vtc.com/player/resources/dummy.gif
http://nes.is.dtv/dtv/app/firsturl/firsturl.html
http://mediaservers2.vtc.com/player/resources/getMedia.php?cipher=0s0c1t%7Cpoe16%7Ceislhgni&type=txt&vtclogin=
http://mediaservers2.vtc.com/player/resources/getMedia.php?cipher=0s0c1t%7Cpoe16%7Ceislhgni&type=mov&vtclogin=
Now the top URL of that list:
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http://www.vtc.com/modules/products/moviePlay.php?size=Large&foldername=logic6&sku=33439&id=30495&movieCode=0101
Does take you to the video if your in a web browser... But how do you record or download this from here??? I want to save the actual .MOV or video file to my PC and be able to play it offline.
I tried also installing HiDownload 6.8 to download the URLs. First I tried the top one as it does take you to the clip in a browser. So in HiDownload I pressed ADD, making sure GENERAL FILE DOWNLOAD was selected. I even then went to the ADVANCED tab to put in my normal VTC log in details... Then the correct referer URL from the VTC page. Then proceeded to download.
All it gave me was a 3kb file called
Code:
movieplayer[1][1][1].phpcipher=0s0c1tpoe16eislhgni&size=Large
I guess this is a PHP file which I have no knowledge of... All I know is its a secure scripting language for websites. Out of curiousity I tried renaming it, adding a .php to the end. Then loaded it in Dreamweaver. And sure enough it was web code... Thing is I dont understand it & the URL I am searching for does'nt seem to be in there.
So failing that I tried a batch download in HiDownload... This downloaded all the above URL's simultaneously. I used the same proceedure as before... Putting in my VTC login details & correct referer URL...etc
But again all I got was some small HTML & PHP stuff... except one which was a .mov file called
Code:
vtcmovieplayer_large[1][1].mov
this was 17kb in size and opened up Quicktime when clicked. However it played absolutely nothing and was obviously the file from the first URL I mentioned up near the top of this post.
So you see I am completely stuck & need some expert advise. Thanks in advance for any help you can give, I'll look forward for your reply.