Before attempting this, please consult with the Ustream.tv terms of service.
This tip shows you how to download a pre-recorded ustream.tv video stream to your local computer as a .flv file.
- Navigate to the video stream that you want to download. (note that this does not work on currently streaming videos)
- Right-click “Open in popup window” and open the link in a new tab.
- In the URL, remove everything before and up to “&flv=”.
- Hit refresh and the file should start downloading.
EDIT:
Actually, there is a much easier way, just go here: http://ustream.tv/helpcenter/howto and look for “How to Convert Recorded Video Files to Different File Types and How to Download Them”
January 26 2008
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February 19 2008
how does this work? i cant get this to work can someone help??
February 19 2008
Actually, there is a much easier way, just go here: http://ustream.tv/helpcenter/howto and look for “How to Convert Recorded Video Files to Different File Types and How to Download Them”
March 30 2008
yea but i wanna download someone’s else recorded video how can i do that?
March 30 2008
@real
Did you try the steps in the article? At what point did the process break down?
April 11 2008
The problem is the video I want to download does not have &flv= anywhere in the url
April 25 2008
Me too. Nothing in the URL like what you said so its not working.
June 16 2008
boo on this. It doesn’t have &flv in the url. The process breaks down in step #3. Very frusterating.
July 5 2008
@Sarah
Apparently they have changed their methods a bit. I have updated the article to reflect the new method. Thanks!
July 27 2008
it doesn’t work
August 12 2008
Doesn’t work anymore. There is no flv in the header.
November 20 2008
i want to download someone else’s vids, tho. how do i do that?
February 11 2009
Why would I want do download my own videos? I would have them already. The point is to be able to download ALL other videos.
May 16 2009
Doesn’t work, and they’re full of ads anyway. Time to start watching another site.
June 2 2009
This can’t be done. I have a video on Ustream and I cannot download it. It cannot be done. The video is instantly uploaded to the far reaches of the galaxy never again to return to earth. However, I do challenge anyone to actually successfully download my group, Bob Dee’s Cosmosis. Here’s the link: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1574359
Prove to me that it actually exists! I’ll give anyone a free CD that can actually come up with the video.
Thanks,
bd
November 9 2009
actually I did this about a half hour ago but youll need a sniffer of some sort like URL snooper. download and install this program and its WinPcap thing,(if you dont have it, if you have it then ship this step), then run url snooper, hit sniff network and then play the video (this was only tested with recorded shows) you should see a bunch of URLs come up, switch to multimedia urls from the drop down menu and try all the other ones until you see a link that starts with “HTTP://” and ends with “.FLV”. this should be the video you want. I am downloading a large FLV file as we speak so I dont know if its the right one but it should. this stream was 145 mins long and is 1 GB in size. copy the HTTP .flv link to the clipboard (right click on link in URL Snooper, click copy to clipboard)then open a new browser tab and paste the link there and hit Go or return. your browser if your using firefox it should ask what you want to do (open or Save file) choose Save file, give it a name and location on your HD and hit save if it asks you. after a couple of hours depending on your connection speed it will dl the flv file. open it in your favorite program for playing back FLVs. thats it your done. if you want to convert it then use your favorite converter program. let me know how this all works out for you.
December 12 2009
@cd
your method works great! thanks a lot!
for all people that did not understand cd’s comment above check out our blog soon for a detailed tutorial with images on how to download ustream videos.
thanks again cd!!
December 13 2009
@cd
your method with the URL snooper works great, I have just tried it and it downloads the videos directly from the ustream server address. This is fantastic, thanks for sharing your info.
Anyone that did not understand cd’s method can have a look at our blog soon where I will put up a detailed tutorial with images on how to download videos from ustream with the URL snooper.
Thanks cd and of course thanks goes to thinkingserious as trying to supply a working method.
Please don’t delete my comment, I write it so other people can find a solution to their problem on your blog.
January 20 2010
@cd thanks, that worked like a charm.
January 23 2010
Ok, here is the little tutorial I have written up just now:
http://missandmisterkinky.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-download-ustream-videos.html
Screen-shots are included shortly. Hope that helps all of you out there!
February 6 2010
cd you are cool man.
thanks for sharing information.
February 20 2010
Thanks, ThinkingSerious, cd and KinkY together solved my problem