saving flv files streamed over rtmp

andy baxter andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Mon Aug 4 11:42:47 UTC 2008


gingerk wrote:
> I wasn't using the grab-it /button/ - I was doing it the way where you 
>   
>> start grab-it separately (from the 'tools' menu of orbit), then start 
>> playing the video in firefox, then look in the grab-it window to see 
>> what files come up. If one comes up that looks like the file you want 
>> (probably has the file type 'flv'), then right click on that line and 
>> click download to start downloading it in orbit.
>>
>> Could you try this first yourself before asking me to do it here? I 
>> don't mind giving it a go if you can't get it to work for you, but not 
>> until you've tried this method and found whether it works.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> andy
>>     
>
> Hi, yep I actually already tried that method...that's what results in the
> continuous retries and eventual time out. I just tested it again to be sure
> and got the same results. The file does show up in the Grab++ window
> (219646971_1691169408_Watchmen-Crudup.flv) but then just keeps giving me the
> repeated "Connected...Waiting for Retry". Maybe something is off with my
> settings - that's why I figured if it works for you, then we can figure out
> what I'm doing wrong, and if not, then it probably means it just can't be
> captured. Let me know if you or anyone else here is willing/able to give it
> a shot, I'd really appreciate any help on finding out if it's doable:
> http://www.ew.com/ew/video/festivals?bcpid=1378342280&bclid=1683773559&bctid=1689589879
>
> Thanks again!
>   
I get the same result as you (on a win XP system with a recent version 
of orbit) - it says connected, then 'wait for retry' repeatedly.





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