"Share"ing Videos with VLC 2.0

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"Share"ing Videos with VLC 2.0

Postby RetiredEngineer » 06 Mar 2012 23:59

Hi.

Looks like its time for me to make another $ contribution. :D

Among other video websites, I found most of the short videos I want to play in VLC 2.0 are on Reuters News' website, www.reuters.com/video. The sound is so faint that channeling these videos into VLC's 200% sound level would be a real audio improvement. The only button I see (in Reuter's video widow) which could do this is the [Share] button. But when I copy the link (included below), I can't figure out a way for VLC 2.0 to play the content it connects to.

My conclusion is either this cannot be done, or everything I've tried (which I believe is everything on the menus) has not hit on the way to do this. A procedure for downloading Reuter's videos so VLC could play a disk file may be possible, but I haven't found a way to do it.

If this can be done, I would surely appreciate some instructions to help me.

Here's what I copied from [Share] ...

<object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/fla ... ion=BETAUS' id='rcomVideo_230957596' width='460' height='259'> <param name='movie' value='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/fla ... S'></param> <param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param> <param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'></param> <param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param> <embed src='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/fla ... ion=BETAUS' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' width='460' height='259' wmode='transparent'></embed> </object>

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Re: "Share"ing Videos with VLC 2.0

Postby VLC_help » 07 Mar 2012 19:52

If you want direct URL to the video, you have to find it. One way is to use tool like Wireshark and sniff out the URL from network packets. Other way is to disassemble the swf component.

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Re: "Share"ing Videos with VLC 2.0

Postby RetiredEngineer » 07 Mar 2012 23:51

What is the "swf component?"

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