Downloading videos (in flash applications) using python

[alister]

On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:21:07 -0800, Gabriel Ferreira wrote:

> Mark Lawrence  wrote:
> 
>> I don't actually know, but could you please provide some context and
>> write in plain English, those damn ... things are extremely annoying.
>> 
>> 
> Hi, Mark.
> 
> I am developing a research project, which includes video analysis
> (computer vision, big data, data mining, etc). The first part of the
> project is about building a database containing a big amount of video of
> urban zones. I live in Brazil, so the plan is collecting videos from
> urban areas of Brazilian big cities, like Sao Paulo.
> 
> I have to make this task "automatic". in other words, I don't want to
> manually download hundreds or thousands hours of videos. So I have to
> develop a "robot" to do that assingment for me. (I wish I could do that
> using Python).
> 
> I have found a good website that provides me live images from several
> cities in Brazil. So that's it! That's what I need. I was expecting to
> develop a program to record & download those videos, that are being
> broadcasted live on that website. So I would be able to form my database
> and continue my research.
> 
> The problem is that this particular website uses a flash player
> application do broadcast the live images of the urban areas. I'm not too
> familiar with Flash Applications. I don't know how to deal with them
> using Python. I was wondering if someone could help me solve this
> problem. The goal is recording & downloading those videos, from the
> mentioned website. And, yes, it has to be an automated program (no
> manual work).
> 
> I wish I had been clear with you guys!
> 
> THX!

So why not speak to the owners of the web site & see if thay can provide 
you with easier access to their video streams
if this is a genuine research project I am sure they would like to help




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