Screen recording from browser (off Youtube/Dailymotion etc)

[Pink Gregory]

There are a few oldish BBC TV shows that are negligibly about that I'd quite like to get a copy of - Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema in case you wonder - I don't and have never done torrenting (don't really want to expose myself to the risk) so I reckon the best way is to find some way of just recording the picture and audio off the browser (Firefox).

Any ideas?  Is it not that simple?

[El Unicornio, mang]

Use get_iplayer, it's free software that downloads any BBC shows in full HD (or whatever quality they were uploaded in/you specify)

Download

Guide

Edit: Oh wait I think you might mean stuff that's not on iPlayer anymore, in that case you could just use a free software like Active Presenter to screen record but I'd probably use a browser plugin like Video Downloader to get them directly

[Pink Gregory]

thanks @El Unicornio, mang

will try the browser plugin

looks like a lot of them are paid or watermark the image, might be screen recording for me

[Pink Gregory]

(if anyone has them feel free to hook a guy up like)

[Spudgun]

I'd use Stacher:

https://stacher.io/

[Sebastian Cobb]

Use get_iplayer, it's free software that downloads any BBC shows in full HD (or whatever quality they were uploaded in/you specify)

Download

Guide

Edit: Oh wait I think you might mean stuff that's not on iPlayer anymore, in that case you could just use a free software like Active Presenter to screen record but I'd probably use a browser plugin like Video Downloader to get them directly

If they're on youtube or dailymotion yt-dlp will do for those what get_iplayer does for iplayer.

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

[hermitical]

I don't and have never done torrenting (don't really want to expose myself to the risk)

What about limiting yourself to well known and recognised private trackers, like Karagarga or TV Chaos?

[touchingcloth]

What about limiting yourself to well known and recognised private trackers, like Karagarga or TV Chaos?

I always assume if an MP4 or MKV manages to virus my system, that's an issue with VLC player.

Is that misguided?

[DrGreggles]

If it comes down to it, you can record anything you're watching by using OBS/Streamlabs/Prism/etc.
Because some places are pricks and they embed their content so you can't steal it.

[Midas]

yt-dlp is The Shit

[hermitical]

I always assume if an MP4 or MKV manages to virus my system, that's an issue with VLC player.

Is that misguided?

I don't really understand the question? If it's a virus it is a virus, I'm not sure why VLC would be the issue?

[hermitical]

I always assume if an MP4 or MKV manages to virus my system, that's an issue with VLC player.

Is that misguided?

If you are using a private tracker like Karagarga or TVChaos then you are very much limiting the risk of viruses. In all my time torrenting/using direct downloads from trusted sources I have never had an issue (decades).

[touchingcloth]

I don't really understand the question? If it's a virus it is a virus, I'm not sure why VLC would be the issue?

Can an MP4 file be a virus given they're not executable? My question is, is it misguided to think that if a video file did somehow act as a virus then that that is a problem with the software that is playing it as opposed to the video itself?

[Beloved of Jo]

Yes, they would have to rely on a vulnerability in a specific media player generally, overflowing a buffer somewhere with malicious code that then has to be ran. A lot of modern systems tend to actively try to prevent data from being executed by those kinds of shenanigans, though.
While rare, it can happen though. I believe there was a major vulnerability just a couple of months ago with the handling of webp images by the shared library used by Chrome and friends, for example.

[touchingcloth]

So my approach of not worrying too much about MP4 files, and making sure that I install VLC (and system) updates as soon as they're released is sensible? Like you say, modern OSes tend to do a lot to prevent this sort of thing, especially if you are careful with the software you grant admin rights to.

[Beloved of Jo]

Yeah, as long as you're up to date, there's not much to worry about. No more than anything else. Stuff like the webp thing tend to be rare and quite rapidly patched.