Save video stream?

[Bob Goodwin]

On 29/06/10 16:22, echapin wrote:
> -----Original message-----
> From: Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:21:13 -0400
> To: Fedora list users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Save video stream?
>
>    
>>      I have some video cameras, so called internet cameras actually. I
>>      have one looking out at a horse pasture and would like to be able to
>>      save a video clip.
>>
>>      Google brings up schemes for saving YouTube, etc., videos from /tmp
>>      but I don't see any such files being created by these cameras.
>>
>>      I simply address them with a browser at 192.168.1.52 for instance,
>>      actually using the command/URL http://cam2/mjpg/video.mjpg, usually
>>      with Opera because it seems to work "better" but Firefox does
>>      provide a usable image too.
>>
>>      How can I save a short clip to a file, preferably using software
>>      provided with F-13?
>>
>>      Bob
>>
>>      --
>>      
>    

I use dwhelper/downloadhelper with FireFox on F12



> P.S. Sorry if my reply was not relevant; what I forgot to mention was that dwhelper is a FireFox plugin.
>    

    It may well be relevant since I can display the camera video on Firefox!

    I've downloaded/installed "downloadhelper" but it's use is not
    obvious to me? It is added in next to the URL window but when I
    click on that it just offers me a million different video sites?

    If I display a video stream coming from a camera how do I start it
    saving and where is it saving it? How do I use it. I haven't found
    anything except "hype" so far!

    Bob