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Extracting off the screen.
Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. Peter |
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On 2015-07-10 23:45:27 +0000, Peter Jason said:
Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. Peter For Youtube or Vimeo videos most of the download apps require the specific URL. I am not familiar with those available for Windows machines, but for OSX there are several. http://www.alphasoftware.co/#!itubedownloader/cjg9 http://www.macxdvd.com/free-youtube-video-downloader-mac/ Then there are plug-ins for Firefox and Chrome which will facilitate downloads via the browser which should work across platform. Then there is another important thing you should be aware of, 5/10/2015 Google changed the Youtube API and most editions of download apps released prior to that date no longer work, and their update is questionable. Good luck. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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wrote: Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? screen resolution, which is likely smaller than the original. Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? for a still? just do a screen grab as above. if you want to download the actual video, then use a browser extension to download it directly from youtube/vimeo/etc. in some cases, the actual source may be obscured (i.e., not using an embedded youtube player), making it a bit tricky to get the actual video. browsing the html source usually will lead to the actual file. there are also apps that can capture audio/video of whatever is playing on your system. some can even be configured to activate on a schedule, such as for internet radio shows at a particular time. I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. no you can't. if the original video file is not available then there is nothing to stream and you won't be viewing anything at all. at best, you'll get a poster frame, but when you click play, you'll get the message you describe. |
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On 2015-07-10 23:58:53 +0000, Tony Cooper said:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:45:27 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. Peter I have been using the free verison of Jing. https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html It takes screenshots and screen videos. I use it to do tutorials on a software program. I find it far easier and better to use than the Snipping Tool that is part of Windows (7). I have no experience in copying video clips. Try Jing for free and see how it works. The only limitation of Jing is that the free version creates a .png, but I have Photoshop and add text to the screen shots. I then save the file as a .jpg. I tried several programs before settling on Jing. I see Jing is available for OSX, I will take a look. For image screenshots my go to tool is SnapNDrag, that lets me make selections, capture an active window, full screen shot, or timed screen shot. That integrates with Dropbox via Filechute. http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/ OSX users also have several other built in tools. For demo videos I use "Screenflow". http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm I got my copy in a bundle of Mac apps which included some other stuff I found useful. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:58:53 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote: On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:45:27 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. Peter I have been using the free verison of Jing. https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html It takes screenshots and screen videos. I use it to do tutorials on a software program. I find it far easier and better to use than the Snipping Tool that is part of Windows (7). I have no experience in copying video clips. Try Jing for free and see how it works. The only limitation of Jing is that the free version creates a .png, but I have Photoshop and add text to the screen shots. I then save the file as a .jpg. I tried several programs before settling on Jing. Thanks. I downloaded "Jing" and it does extract videos from the screen, though the quality seems less. Have you experience with the 'pro' version abd does this give clearer videos? Peter |
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:45:27 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. Peter If you are after only a still image and are running Windows you can CtrlPrtScrn to print the entire screen to to the Clipboard as a bit-map. This can then be pasted to the application of your choice. I presume there is a similar function for the Mac but I don't know what it is. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:06:03 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote: On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:45:27 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. Peter If you are after only a still image and are running Windows you can CtrlPrtScrn to print the entire screen to to the Clipboard as a bit-map. This can then be pasted to the application of your choice. I presume there is a similar function for the Mac but I don't know what it is. Thanks, but I really want videos that appear on the screen but have lost their source URLs. Jing, (and now Snagit) now seem to do the job. Many photos in Flickr are copyrighted and can only be saved with this sort of thing. |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: If you are after only a still image and are running Windows you can CtrlPrtScrn to print the entire screen to to the Clipboard as a bit-map. This can then be pasted to the application of your choice. I presume there is a similar function for the Mac but I don't know what it is. there is, and it's *far* more capable. anywhere from an abstract arbitrary region (drag out a selection rectangle) to a specific window including what is obscured by other windows or off screen to the entire desktop (all displays) can be saved to a file in any of various formats (png, jpg, tiff, pdf, bmp and more) or to the clipboard. there is also a third party utility that can create a layered photoshop file with each object on screen as a separate layer. |
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On 2015-07-11 02:14:13 +0000, Peter Jason said:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:06:03 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:45:27 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Win7 pro SP1 I use the Snipping Tool for extracting & saving Internet photos which cannot be downloaded. What sort of quality are these and do they compare with the originals if downloaded normally? Is there a similar program for downloading Video clips, by selecting the relevant area on the screen, and just copying? I have programs such as "YouTube Video Downloader" but these seek the original file which sometimes is no longer available. Even if a message says this, one can see the video still operating on the screen. Peter If you are after only a still image and are running Windows you can CtrlPrtScrn to print the entire screen to to the Clipboard as a bit-map. This can then be pasted to the application of your choice. I presume there is a similar function for the Mac but I don't know what it is. Thanks, but I really want videos that appear on the screen but have lost their source URLs. Jing, (and now Snagit) now seem to do the job. Many photos in Flickr are copyrighted and can only be saved with this sort of thing. ....and you are willing to admit to stealing copyrighted work to a group of photographers. Some here are sensitive about that very sort of thievery. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Eric Stevens:
I presume there is a similar function for the Mac but I don't know what it is. In MacOS CMD-Shift 3 captures the entire screen. CMD-Shift-4 presents a crosshair with which one may draw a rectangle around a region of interest. The captured image is saved to the Desktop as a jpg, PDF, png, tiff, or GIF, as pre-chosen by the user. There are other options available via modifier keys--copy to clipboard, copy a specific window, etc. See http://theturninggate.net/2012/08/ch...ile-format-on- mac-os-x/. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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