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ukb008
28th April 2005, 04:31
Movie Trailers are promotional materials and can be downloaded from many sites to play at the viewer's convenience. That by itself should not be illegal.

Some trailer-sites show trailers in a window that does not have any buttons for saving it, e.g. trailer of Samson and Delilah (http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=3538) at videodetective.com, linked from IMDb. These trailers (QuickTime/WMP) download (around 15-40 MB) and play. They presumably play from the RAM.

How does one go about saving them?

Regards.

sigmaris
28th April 2005, 22:35
Try right-clicking on the video and selecting "Properties" and then looking for the location of the video file, then copy&paste it into the address bar. This works for me using the ActiveX media player plugin from WMP9.

ukb008
29th April 2005, 03:14
Thanks. There is no 'Properties' on right-clicking. Try the the link in my first post and see if there's a way.

Regards.

samab
1st May 2005, 04:21
You can saved quicktime trailers with quicktime pro.

Joe Fenton
1st May 2005, 04:25
If you right-click somewhere other than the movie box, you can view the page source. Sometimes the url for the movie is in the page source directly. Sometimes it has a link to the actual link for the movie.

ukb008
1st May 2005, 06:54
The movie link is this (http://videodetective.net/player.asp?customerId=97135&cmd=3&clientskip=255&videokbrate=100&PublishedId=3538). I found it out by methods described in your post. If you click on the link, the WMPlayer will open and display the video. WMP's File > Save as button is greyed out. How do I save (capture?) a copy?

Sorry for missing what's probably obvious.

Regards.

iNFO-DVD
1st May 2005, 07:12
wow..... I remember watching that as a kid, what a classic.

moral of the story.. NEVER TRUST WOMEN ;)

ukb008
1st May 2005, 09:56
Yeah, okay. I won't trust many women. And it is a classic.

Back to the other matter: can you save the video in your hard drive?

Regards.

MTM
2nd May 2005, 12:03
The file the links points to (right-click and save destination as...) contains the following lines:

<ASX VERSION="3.0">
<TITLE>Video Detective, LLC</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>VideoDetective.com</AUTHOR>
<ENTRY ClientSkip="YES">
<PARAM NAME="PublishedId" VALUE="3538"/>
<COPYRIGHT>Paramount Home Video</COPYRIGHT>
<TITLE>SAMSON AND DELILAH</TITLE>
<ABSTRACT>PublishedId=3538</ABSTRACT>
<REF HREF="rtsp://66.7.181.197/097135/asf/100/082/003469.asf"/>
<REF HREF="http://66.7.181.197/097135/asf/100/082/003469.asf"/>
<REF HREF="mms://66.7.181.197/097135/asf/100/082/003469.asf"/>
</ENTRY>
</ASX>

I was then able to download the trailer using a downloadmanager that can download via the "rtsp" streaming protocol : i used nettransport for this (www.xi-soft.com)

I hope this helps,
MTM.

ukb008
3rd May 2005, 03:26
It certainly helped.

Regards.

Added on 3 May 05:

Now let's see how far I can honor your training, MTM.

This Pitch Black (http://www.imdb.com/rg/TITLETRA_VIDDET//http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=460125) trailer: the link is this (http://videodetective.com/player.asp?PublishedId=460125&List=645790|935223&Customerid=97135).

Right click this link...save destination as ...I get this: player.asp.htm. (In the earlier case I got player.asp.asx.)

On opening this player.asp.htm, I get:

<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
window.name = 'Player';
</script>
<script src="js/rightclick.js"></script>
<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="css/player.css">
<title>Videodetective.com - Player</title>
</head>
<!-- Videodetective Player -->
<body bgcolor="black" topmargin="2" rightmargin="2" leftmargin="10" bottommargin="2">
<table width="735" bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap colspan="2" width="735" height="15" background="images/top.gif" align="right">
<span style="height:15;background-color:white;width:73px;border-color:black;border-style:inset;border-width:1px;margin-right:20px;padding:0px;text-align:center;" bgcolor="#000000" class="utilities">
<a style="z-index:2;" href="#" onclick="if (parent.Play.document.MediaPlayer.playState == 3) parent.Play.document.MediaPlayer.fullScreen = true"" title="Full Screen"><img style="z-index:2;" src="images/fullscreen.gif" border="0"></a><a href="choosespeed.asp?PublishedId=460125&List=645790|935223&Customerid=97135&fromplayer=true" title="Change Speed"><img src="images/undo.jpg" border="0"></a><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.close()" title="Close Window"><img src="images/close.gif" border="0"></a>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" width="425" height="354"><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" src="play.asp?New=True&List=645790|935223&PublishedId=460125&VideoKbrate=100&ListID=&CustomerId=97135&HasPlayer=" width="425" height="354" scrolling="No" id=Play name="Play"></iframe></td>
<td valign="top" background="images/titleinfo.gif" width="310" height="354">
<div class="LogoSection" style="text-align:right;vertical-align: middle;position:absolute; left:436px; top:20px; width:290px; height:100px; z-index:1;padding:0;margin:0;">
<br><span style='color:red'>VIDEO</span><img align='middle' hspace='5' src='images/logo.gif' width='63' height='56' alt='' border='0'>DETECTIVE
</div>
<div style="position:absolute; left:430px; top:119px; width:315px; height:355px; z-index:1;padding:0;margin:0;"><iframe name="TitleInfo" frameborder="0" src="titleinfo.asp" width="300" height="250" scrolling="No"></iframe></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap colspan="2" width="735" height="145" background="images/bottom.gif">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="145">
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" width="115px" valign="top">
<div style="margin-top:10px;">
<table width="90" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="90" height="120" background="images/playlistnav.gif">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<div class="channelheader">CHANNELS</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><img width="11" height="8" id="channel1" name="channel1" src="images/on.gif"></td>
<td align="left"><div class="channels"><a href="#" onclick="UpdatePlaylist(1)">MY PLAYLIST</a></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><img width="11" height="8" id="channel2" name="channel2" src="images/off.gif"></td>
<td align="left"><div class="channels"><a href="#" onclick="UpdatePlaylist(2)">COMING SOON</a></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><img width="11" height="8" id="channel3" name="channel3" src="images/off.gif"></td>
<td align="left"><div class="channels"><a href="#" onclick="UpdatePlaylist(3)">IN THEATERS</a></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><img width="11" height="8" id="channel4" name="channel4" src="images/off.gif"></td>
<td align="left"><div class="channels"><a href="#" onclick="UpdatePlaylist(4)">NEW VHS/DVD</a></div></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan=2 height="12"></td></tr>
</td></tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
<td width="620px" valign="middle">
<iframe scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" src="Playlist.asp?" name="PlayList" width="605" height="125"></iframe>
</td>
</tr>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>

<script language="JavaScript1.2">
var LastId;
function UpdatePlaylist(id){
//if(id != 0) {LastId = id} else {id = LastId}
parent.PlayList.location='playlist.asp?ListID=' + parent.Play.ListId + '&list=' + parent.Play.List + '&PublishedId=' + parent.Play.PublishedId + '#' + id;
switch (id)
{
case 1:
document.channel1.src = 'images/on.gif'
document.channel2.src = 'images/off.gif'
document.channel3.src = 'images/off.gif'
document.channel4.src = 'images/off.gif'
break
case 2:
document.channel1.src = 'images/off.gif';
document.channel2.src = 'images/on.gif';
document.channel3.src = 'images/off.gif';
document.channel4.src = 'images/off.gif';
break;
case 3:
document.channel1.src = 'images/off.gif'
document.channel2.src = 'images/off.gif'
document.channel3.src = 'images/on.gif'
document.channel4.src = 'images/off.gif'
break
case 4:
document.channel1.src = 'images/off.gif'
document.channel2.src = 'images/off.gif'
document.channel3.src = 'images/off.gif'
document.channel4.src = 'images/on.gif'
break
}
}
</script>

This is now confusing....

MTM
4th May 2005, 14:55
Well,this was a really tough one ...
Note that i am not an expert or professional at web-design,streaming or networks in general ... just an average guy who sometimes does this himself and therefor has some experience ...

So here it goes:
In this case they use "Active Server Pages" (Microsoft!) and furthermore an "ActiveX"-Browser-plugin (Microsoft!) , so thats (generaly) bad for our mission ;-)

To make a long story short : the link to the important file is
http://videodetective.net/player.asp?customerId=97135&cmd=3&clientskip=255&videokbrate=100&PublishedId=460125
where "videokbrate=100" means the bitrate of the trailer (possible values are 56,100,300) and "PublishedId=460125" is the number of this particular trailer of "Pitch Black". Inside this file are the now familiar links for the streaming-protocols (rtsp etc.) with which you proceed as usual (i.e. Nettransport) ...

If you (or somebody else) is interested in the (long) way I got to the link , i'll explain it further , but beware it was an ugly task and will be even uglier to explain ... ;-) I had to read some Page-sources, copy and paste some links and after some luck : Bingo! the right file which we needed ...

I hope this helps (again),
MTM.

Winamp_Hater
4th May 2005, 17:39
I used CoCSoft Stream Down to download from RTSP:// and MMS://.
You can find it in this page: http://cocsoft.com .
The bad thing is, that it's a shareware.

ukb008
9th May 2005, 03:31
I give up. Please explain it the ugliest way possible. I've braced myself, and my jaws hurt...

@ Winamp_Hater:

Thanks. The NetTransport MTM spoke of is also a shareware, though.

Regards.

MTM
9th May 2005, 12:30
Hello ukb008,
remember : the first time it took me about 15 mins and a good portion of good luck to get the desired info.
My steps (the short version without the many trial and errors) were as follows:

1. Open the link "Pitch Black" (the first one in your post above) and click on the "preview" button.

2. A new window opens in which normally (in MS IE) the videotrailer would play (remember i use firefox). Right-click and select "view source".

3. In the page-source you will find a line containing src="play.asp?New=True&List=645790&PublishedId=460125&VideoKbrate=300&ListID=&CustomerId=97135&HasPlayer="

4. In a new browser goto to the adress : videodetective.com/ plus the text between the "" : videodetective.com/play.asp?New=True&List=645790&PublishedId=460125&VideoKbrate=300&ListID=&CustomerId=97135&HasPlayer=

5. View the source. Therein is a url ("http://videodetective.com/videoad/ads.asp?CustomerId=97135&List=645790&PublishedID=460125&Videokbrate=300") you have to copy and paste to a browser window and then view the source of it.

6. You see 4 http-links. Copy and then download (downloadmanager?) the right one : remember the PublishedId=460125 which is the ID of the desired trailer (see my post above).

This is finally the .asx-file in which you will find the rtsp:-link you can download the familiar way ...

Puh, as I said , it was a tough one ... :sly:

I hope this little "HowTo" is useful for you ...
Bye,
MTM.

Winamp_Hater
9th May 2005, 19:10
FlashGet is free for use, but with ads.
http://www.amazesoft.com/

video_magic
16th May 2005, 01:51
I will point out the obvious and state that I think it's absurd that they try and not let you save a Movie Trailer :sly:

A Movie Trailer is promotional material which is also nice for fans to save and keep, and in the future some time play again - without having to go through the performance of finding and downloading it again :)

These companies making it spitefully difficult to save Trailers are doing nothing but annoy the customer.

I have my Harry Potter trailers saved because I like the books and the Movies. I've paid hundreds of dollars counting buying the books, DVDs - & a couple of VHS copies, plus paying for Cinema Tickets when they were there. I don't think there's anything morally wrong with wanting to have a trailer saved so I can view it sometimes ......

Net Transport by Xi is quite good. It used to be freeware/donationware. WMR version 7.0 used to be good for MMS streams

ukb008
16th May 2005, 03:07
It's beautiful. Not the trailer (that's ok), I mean, the way you've done this. Thanks very much.

I agree that it's ugly: it's not worth the the time, the energy, the persistence etc needed to achieve the goal.

I agree with video_magic. If they don't want the promos to be downloaded, then we don't need to view them at all. Downloading a trailer each time I want to view it is plain nonsense. To hell with it.

And Winamp_Hater: I'm not sure if FlashGet can download rtsp or mms links. By the way, why d'you hate winamp?

Regards.

Winamp_Hater
16th May 2005, 07:48
Originally posted by ukb008
It's beautiful. Not the trailer (that's ok), I mean, the way you've done this. Thanks very much.

I agree that it's ugly: it's not worth the the time, the energy, the persistence etc needed to achieve the goal.

I agree with video_magic. If they don't want the promos to be downloaded, then we don't need to view them at all. Downloading a trailer each time I want to view it is plain nonsense. To hell with it.

And Winamp_Hater: I'm not sure if FlashGet can download rtsp or mms links. By the way, why d'you hate winamp?

Regards.

I'm sure about FlashGet - Now I use it! ;)

And I hate winamp, because it caused me something like a system crash.

MTM
16th May 2005, 11:25
Hello,
ukb008 , thank you for your kind words ...

Why they don't want us to download the trailers ? I just say one word : Copyright :mad:.

Bye,
MTM.