How to record streamed internet programs ?

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The easiest free option is to use Windows game bar

Press Windows and G together and it pops up.

First right click on the speaker icon in the task bar and volume mixer, then turn everything off except the browser playing the streaming content. (Otherwise you will get bingly-bong!!! right in the middle of your recording)

Get the stream ready to play and maximise the window.

Hit record on the gamebar

Start the stream playing.

Leave the room as the sound will be playing full blast.

When it finishes, hit stop.

Recordings appear somewhere not obvious, but are saved to disk.

A bit tedious as you have to record the complete program in real time before you can play it back and skip the adverts.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/learning-center/how-to-record-screen-windows-11

I have to agree that the free advert loaded version of ITVX is pretty much unwatchable, unless you are really desperate to catch something that you missed.

william025

Monanore said:

What is the easiest way to record streamed programs from itvx, all4, etc ?

easiest way to record streamed programs from ITVX, All4, and similar services is by using a screen recording software, such as ORS studio or Audacity. 

these tools allow you to capture video while it plays on your screen. 

though note that some services may block or restrict recording.

prowla

DE_612183 said:

Why do you want to do this?

If it's streamed and you want to watch it again, then you download / stream again.

Recording programs that are not intended to be recorded is an infringement of copyright....

Maybe to skip over the ads - they're excessive on ITVx.

As for recording: that's what satellite systems like Sky/Virgin/Freesat systems,hard disk, and video recorders do.

Neil_Jones

prowla said:

DE_612183 said:

Why do you want to do this?

If it's streamed and you want to watch it again, then you download / stream again.

Recording programs that are not intended to be recorded is an infringement of copyright....

Maybe to skip over the ads - they're excessive on ITVx.

As for recording: that's what satellite systems like Sky/Virgin/Freesat systems,hard disk, and video recorders do.

Officially "recording" defeats the whole point of streaming, which is to view something on demand.

While recording Sky/TIVO/Freesat style is available they will only record the broadcast versions not the online versions and they're not intended to do that.

Yes Sky on Demand "downloads" to your box and plays it from there but its still technically streaming (albeit to your box first).

The copyright argument is also technically correct but that's one of those unenforceable things ever since the home video recorder comes out.  its only legal up to a certain point ("reasonable") where you can record but realistically PC Plod isn't going to bash your door down because you kept an episode of Corrie on a tape for longer than is "reasonable".  And if people hadn't kept it YouTube would be a lot emptier.

The adverts are quite excessive on ITVx, I will concur...  Wonder if PiHole or something could help but I suspect much like YouTube the adverts are on dynamic servers and hostnames generated on the fly so you can't really "block" as such.

jshm2

Yeah something like ChrisPC VideoTube and a multiptude of others. 

prowla

Neil_Jones said:

prowla said:

DE_612183 said:

Why do you want to do this?

If it's streamed and you want to watch it again, then you download / stream again.

Recording programs that are not intended to be recorded is an infringement of copyright....

Maybe to skip over the ads - they're excessive on ITVx.

As for recording: that's what satellite systems like Sky/Virgin/Freesat systems,hard disk, and video recorders do.

Officially "recording" defeats the whole point of streaming, which is to view something on demand.

While recording Sky/TIVO/Freesat style is available they will only record the broadcast versions not the online versions and they're not intended to do that.

Yes Sky on Demand "downloads" to your box and plays it from there but its still technically streaming (albeit to your box first).

The copyright argument is also technically correct but that's one of those unenforceable things ever since the home video recorder comes out.  its only legal up to a certain point ("reasonable") where you can record but realistically PC Plod isn't going to bash your door down because you kept an episode of Corrie on a tape for longer than is "reasonable".  And if people hadn't kept it YouTube would be a lot emptier.

The adverts are quite excessive on ITVx, I will concur...  Wonder if PiHole or something could help but I suspect much like YouTube the adverts are on dynamic servers and hostnames generated on the fly so you can't really "block" as such.

Agreed.

Though downloading something to watch later/on the move is a valid use; things like Global Player allow you to do that with podcasts and suchlike.

The video recorder sort of established the right to save things for personal use.

As for ITVx, I simply don't use it; there aren't any programmes worth me wasting that much of my time on.

Undervalued

Neil_Jones said:

prowla said:

DE_612183 said:

Why do you want to do this?

If it's streamed and you want to watch it again, then you download / stream again.

Recording programs that are not intended to be recorded is an infringement of copyright....

Maybe to skip over the ads - they're excessive on ITVx.

As for recording: that's what satellite systems like Sky/Virgin/Freesat systems,hard disk, and video recorders do.

Officially "recording" defeats the whole point of streaming, which is to view something on demand.

While recording Sky/TIVO/Freesat style is available they will only record the broadcast versions not the online versions and they're not intended to do that.

Yes Sky on Demand "downloads" to your box and plays it from there but its still technically streaming (albeit to your box first).

The copyright argument is also technically correct but that's one of those unenforceable things ever since the home video recorder comes out.  its only legal up to a certain point ("reasonable") where you can record but realistically PC Plod isn't going to bash your door down because you kept an episode of Corrie on a tape for longer than is "reasonable".  And if people hadn't kept it YouTube would be a lot emptier.

The adverts are quite excessive on ITVx, I will concur...  Wonder if PiHole or something could help but I suspect much like YouTube the adverts are on dynamic servers and hostnames generated on the fly so you can't really "block" as such.

True but it is not really the copyright of the program that is at issue here. As you suggest, it is generally accepted that recording a broadcast program for the purpose of time shifting is accepted as reasonable practice. However the real objective here is to be able to fast forward through the ads or, better still, find a way of preventing them from recording at all. Let's be honest, we have all done it right back to the VHS tape days!

Given that you can subscribe to an ad free version of ITVx and choose to pay Amazon a higher monthly subscription for Prime without their "limited" advertising, there is a way of doing this legally, at a cost.

Presumably, coming up with some automatic gizmo that blocks the ads would be unlawful but I am not immediately sure exactly what law would be broken? Obviously nobody can actually make you pay attention to the ads, a bit like buying a printed magazine where quickly turning the page is easier!

prowla

Undervalued said:

Neil_Jones said:

prowla said:

DE_612183 said:

Why do you want to do this?

If it's streamed and you want to watch it again, then you download / stream again.

Recording programs that are not intended to be recorded is an infringement of copyright....

Maybe to skip over the ads - they're excessive on ITVx.

As for recording: that's what satellite systems like Sky/Virgin/Freesat systems,hard disk, and video recorders do.

Officially "recording" defeats the whole point of streaming, which is to view something on demand.

While recording Sky/TIVO/Freesat style is available they will only record the broadcast versions not the online versions and they're not intended to do that.

Yes Sky on Demand "downloads" to your box and plays it from there but its still technically streaming (albeit to your box first).

The copyright argument is also technically correct but that's one of those unenforceable things ever since the home video recorder comes out.  its only legal up to a certain point ("reasonable") where you can record but realistically PC Plod isn't going to bash your door down because you kept an episode of Corrie on a tape for longer than is "reasonable".  And if people hadn't kept it YouTube would be a lot emptier.

The adverts are quite excessive on ITVx, I will concur...  Wonder if PiHole or something could help but I suspect much like YouTube the adverts are on dynamic servers and hostnames generated on the fly so you can't really "block" as such.

True but it is not really the copyright of the program that is at issue here. As you suggest, it is generally accepted that recording a broadcast program for the purpose of time shifting is accepted as reasonable practice. However the real objective here is to be able to fast forward through the ads or, better still, find a way of preventing them from recording at all. Let's be honest, we have all done it right back to the VHS tape days!

Given that you can subscribe to an ad free version of ITVx and choose to pay Amazon a higher monthly subscription for Prime without their "limited" advertising, there is a way of doing this legally, at a cost.

Presumably, coming up with some automatic gizmo that blocks the ads would be unlawful but I am not immediately sure exactly what law would be broken? Obviously nobody can actually make you pay attention to the ads, a bit like buying a printed magazine where quickly turning the page is easier!

I'm not sure whether blocking the ads would be unlawful; afaik, there's nothing which dictates my choice of viewing equipment, nor whether I have to accept the entirety of a programme.

And, of course, I can choose not to accept cookies and suchlike, so the provider may not be able to get feedback.

I mute the sound and/or leave the room and/or noodle on my tablet whilst ads are on, or channel-hop and find something else instead.

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In The Olden Days, ITV used to put a code (in the "spare" lines I think) that synchronised the advert breaks so the local franchise could put out their adverts.

There was a VHS recorder that stopped recording during the adverts by using this information.

nicpicot

go to a charity shop and buy a hdd / dvd recorder and you can then record the programme and skip ads and if required make a dvd and play in a pc  etc....using screen capture...