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Record from RTE player to DVD?

  • 09-12-2011 3:54pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭


    Anyone know if you can record from RTE player to a dvd?

    If so how?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭kelsca


    search ebay for " vga to composite converter " about €20


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭Anthonyk2010


    kelsca wrote: »
    search ebay for " vga to composite coverter " about €20

    Can i not just download it on to laptop and burn it on to a DVD


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Not directly, it's encrypted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭Anthonyk2010


    ok does that converter go between tv and dvd recorder


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭kelsca


    rte player on pc or laptop
    this device converts signal from vga out on pc or laptop to composite in on tv or dvd recorder.....this device usually ships with an audio lead which can be plugged into headphones socket on laptop and the other end into audio in of dvd recorder(as vga does not carry audio)
    if dvd recorder does not have composite in(yellow=video;red and white =audio)
    you can get a composite to scart adapter on ebay for less than €5.


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    RTE uses RTMPE (I.e: Encrypted streaming), Its quite hard to find a program to rip it as bloody Adobe have sued the people who have made solutions previously :rolleyes: . Best bet is to use a screen recorder!

    Nick


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭kelsca


    yoyo wrote: »
    RTE uses RTMPE (I.e: Encrypted streaming), Its quite hard to find a program to rip it as bloody Adobe have sued the people who have made solutions previously :rolleyes: . Best bet is to use a screen recorder!

    Nick

    Do you know of any screen recorder software which will actually capture streaming video.I have tried Gadwin but I cannot get it to capture programmes from rte player or bbc iplayer .
    Any suggestions?Preferably freeware.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    kelsca wrote: »
    Do you know of any screen recorder software which will actually capture streaming video.I have tried Gadwin but I cannot get it to capture programmes from rte player or bbc iplayer .
    Any suggestions?Preferably freeware.

    There are ones like Replay media catcher out there, not free though

    Nick


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    This might do it ...... free for personal use
    http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html?gclid=COajkpTO-KwCFQoa4QodEhYrYQ

    I have no experience of this software ..... as I have no problem recording the screen using Linux .....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 market_garden


    This might do it ...... free for personal use
    http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html?gclid=COajkpTO-KwCFQoa4QodEhYrYQ

    I have no experience of this software ..... as I have no problem recording the screen using Linux .....
    Which Linux application do you use for this?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Which Linux application do you use for this?

    RecordMyDesktop would be one I would suggest looking at.

    Of late I use a script I found called 'screencast' ..... this depends on PulseAudio, & ffmpeg and a few others.

    Here is the script ..... I think I may have changed some parameters for my own preference, so you might need to make some small changes if you use it.

    Hope that helps ;)
    #!/bin/bash
    
    # Version 1.02
    # Modifications by brousch (Ben Rousch, brousch@gmail.com):
    #     Added -a option to allow different aspect ratios (4:3 default)
    #
    # Version 1.01
    # Modifications by brousch (Ben Rousch, brousch@gmail.com):
    #     Upped it to 30 FPS capture
    #     Added OpenShot-preferred codecs output section (mp4/mpeg4/faac)
    #
    # Version 1.0
    # Original script is from http://okiebuntu.homelinux.com/blog/?p=175
    
    # list of programs we depend on
    progs="xdpyinfo grep head sed ffmpeg pacat parec sox"
    
    # check for programs we depend on
    result=0
    for prog in $progs
    do
      type -p $prog > /dev/null
      if (( $? != 0 )); then
        echo "Error: Cannot find required program '$prog'"
        result=1
      fi
    done
    if (( $result != 0 )); then
      exit 1
    fi
    
    screenSize="640x480" # default if we cant detect it
    screenOffset="0,0" # default to top-left corner
    frameRate="30" # default frame rate
    baseName="capture" # default base filename for capture
    aspectRatio="4:3" # default aspect ratio (16:9 is other common ratio)
    
    # attempt to detect the dimension of the screen for the default
    dimensions=`xdpyinfo | grep 'dimensions:' | head -1 | \
      sed -e 's/^.* \([0-9]\+x[0-9]\+\) pixels.*$/\1/'`
    if [[ "$dimensions" =~ [0-9]+x[0-9]+ ]]; then
      screenSize=$dimensions
    fi
    
    # collect command line settings
    while getopts 'hs:o:t:a:p' param ; do
      case $param in
        s)
          screenSize="$OPTARG"
          ;;
        o)
          screenOffset="$OPTARG"
          ;;
        t)
          timeToRecord="$OPTARG"
          ;;
        a)
          aspectRatio="$OPTARG"
          ;;
        *)
          echo ""
          echo "$0 - records screencast"
          echo ""
          echo "$0 [options] [base-filename]"
          echo ""
          echo "options:"
          echo "	-h            show brief help"
          echo "	-s <size>     screensize to record as <width>x<height>"
          echo "	-o <offset>   offset off recording area as <xoffset>,<yoffset>"
          echo "	-t <time>     time to record (in seconds)"
          echo "    -a <aspect>   aspect ratio to use (4:3 default, 16:9 also common"
          echo ""
          exit 0
          ;;
      esac
    done
    
    shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
    
    # determine basename of files
    if [ -n "$1" ] ; then
      baseName="$1"
    fi
    
    echo ""
    echo "Size = $screenSize"
    echo "Offset = $screenOffset"
    echo "Aspect Ratio = $aspectRatio"
    echo "Rate = $frameRate"
    echo "Filename = $baseName"
    
    # get ready to start recording
    echo ""
    if [ -n "$timeToRecord" ]; then
      echo "Preparing to capture for $timeToRecord seconds."
    else
      echo "Preparing to capture."
      echo "Press ENTER when finished capturing."
    fi
    sleep 3
    echo ""
    
    # start playing silence to make sure there is always audio flowing
    pacat /dev/zero &
    pidSilence=$!
    
    # starts recording video using x11grab to make mpeg2video
    ffmpeg -y -an \
      -s "$screenSize" -r "$frameRate" -f x11grab -i :0.0+"$screenOffset" \
      -s "$screenSize" -r "$frameRate" -aspect "$aspectRatio" -vcodec mpeg2video \
      -sameq -f mpeg2video "$baseName.mpeg" &
    pidVideo=$!
    
    # starts recording raw audio
    parec --format=s16le --rate=44100 --channels=2 $baseName.raw &
    pidAudio=$!
    
    echo ""
    echo "Video recording started with process ID $pidVideo"
    echo "Audio recording started with process ID $pidAudio"
    echo ""
    
    # wait for recording to be done, either by timer or user hitting enter
    if [ -n "$timeToRecord" ]; then
      sleep "$timeToRecord"
    else
      read nothing
    fi
    
    # stop recordings
    echo ""
    echo "Terminating recordings ..."
    kill -15 $pidVideo $pidAudio 
    kill -15 $pidSilence
    wait
    
    # filter and normalize the audio
    echo "" 
    echo "Filtering and normalizing sound ..." 
    sox --norm -s -b 16 -L -r 44100 -c 2 "$baseName.raw" "$baseName.wav"  highpass 65 lowpass 12k
    
    # encode video and audio into avi file
    #echo "" 
    #echo "Encoding to final avi ..." 
    #ffmpeg -isync -i "$baseName.wav" -i "$baseName.mpeg" -acodec mp2 -ab 192k -vcodec copy "$baseName.avi"
    
    # convert to ogg - to turn on uncomment next three lines
    #echo""
    #echo "convert to theora"
    #ffmpeg2theora "$baseName.avi" -o "$baseName.ogv"
    
    # convert avi to flv - to turn on uncomment next three lines
    #echo""
    #echo "convert to theora"
    # ffmpeg -i "$baseNamee.avi" -ab 56 -ar 44100 -b 200 -r 15 -s 320x240 -f flv  "$baseNamee.flv"
    
    # convert video and audio to mp4 with mpeg4 video and libfaac audio
    echo ""
    echo "Encoding to final mp4 with MPEG4 and FAAC ..."
    ffmpeg -isync -i "$baseName.wav" -i "$baseName.mpeg" -acodec libfaac -ab 192k -vcodec mpeg4 -sameq "$baseName.mp4"
    
    echo ""
    echo "DONE! Final media written in file $baseName.mp4"
    
    echo ""
    ## We should delete the temporary files here
    # the .raw was converted to .wav and then this was muxed with .mpeg and output as .mp4
    # $baseName.mpeg; $baseName.wav, & $baseName.raw
    
    exit 0
    

    EDIT:

    I should add here that when recording an Irish DTT channel programme, I use a €15 DTT dongle and either Kaffeine or VLC and record direct.
    Recently I have been checking out Me-TV, which has a more useful interface than either of the others.


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