Software for bb4
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Software for bb4
Jarryjayo | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 06:07 pm     I seem to have forgotten what the name of that software program that lets us know what the url for real player streaming video is. so we can watch it 24/7. I have the old big brother links. start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=quad_200.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam1_200.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam2_200.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam3_200.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam4_200.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=quad_80.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam1_80.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam2_80.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam3_80.rm start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=cam4_80.rm i hope we can use these to get feeds again this year, I would guess they would be needed to be reset to say bb4. |
Ryn | Friday, May 30, 2003 - 02:30 pm     Crap - board had a boo boo - lost some posts I see.... urlsnooper is the program I think... Bast - here is my repl to your post (saved in cache) I am sure one of us will post lots of info before BB starts. Off the top of my head I have used Hypersnap to captue images and Hypercam to capture video (PC). Capturing streaming video, at least on a PC is a royal PITA. I have 4 captured movies from BB1 over on my site which might give you an idea of what to expect using hypercam. I have seen much better results elsewhere though - I have just never felt motivated enough to get things all set up. Actually the movies were originally better quality, but to make them small enough for downloads a lot of image quality was sacrificed. You didn't ask about just audio - but to do that I personally use "cool-edit." and like the movies from BB1 - I have samples of audio from BB2 & BB3 on my site that I captured using the program (once again compressed). No details there I know but I (or someone else) will fill in loads of details. |
Jarryjayo | Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 01:32 pm     I like urlsnooper, thats what I was really looking for, I don't capture anything, what I like to do is have big brother sent to my tv with out the dam buttons and banners that come with the annoying Real player. I use an X10 video sender as seen everywhere, I hate giving them my money because they spam so much but I need one and there's is the cheapist on the block. I seem to have lost that program for some odd reason, urlsnooper. thanks for your help, looking forward to bb4. |
Ryn | Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 07:52 am     You can find urlsnooper just by searching google - its downloadable from several sources I think. I too have a X10 video sender thingy - it works great for wireless audio & video - as long as you don't have a 2.4 gig phone plugged in. And don't run a microwave while its on - OUCH the noise it causes drives me bonkers. |
Sbw | Saturday, June 14, 2003 - 05:09 pm     I know this isn't a software question, but this seems to be the closest discussion about watching BB.) I was all ready to give up BB. Out here in Timbuktu, America in the middle of several acres, we can't get cable TV, DSL wasn't available and the possible wireless/satellite is a no, no for work. So..... I decided I was not going to try and watch (listen is about all you can do) the live feeds on dialup. I had decided if I couldn't see the live feeds I would just give up BB. (And I was sad, but I thought about all the extra hours I would have this summer with nothing to do.) Then.... guess what DSL is now available. Are feeds watched on DSL substantially better than dialup? Anyone watch on DSL last year? (If so I guess I will just have to forget all those extra projects I was planning for this summer.) |
Draheid | Saturday, June 14, 2003 - 05:19 pm     Sbw: Last year, the average speed of the 'fast' live feeds was about 200K/second. Most DSL is at least twice as fast. So, yes, the feeds are substantially better - when you consider the 'slow' feeds were on average 36K/second, they could only achieve that speed by compressing, making the image smaller, and lowering the quality greatly. Hope this helps. |
Sbw | Saturday, June 14, 2003 - 05:49 pm     Sure it helps. In fact it is just what I wanted to know. Thanks Draheid, you just helped feed my addiction! (I think that makes you an enabler. ) |
Grannyg | Saturday, June 14, 2003 - 06:19 pm     Where's Neil? |
Arbustur | Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 11:50 pm     I had quite a few people who used the RealTV player for viewing the live streams over the last two seasons. So, I have continued development on the player and added the most requested feature, which is audio and video recording. The development was started a bit late this year , so you may see audio recording first and then video at a later date. |
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