The ULTIMATE GOP convention video thread (make CD's to hand out)

[Grig]

I'm going to give instructions here on how to capture the GOP convention video streams from the Fox News website. I'm also going to provide a playlist for them so you can just click on the one file and have them all play in order, with the ability to skip forward to the next talk.

The whole thing will fit on one CD. If you want, you can burn copies to hand out.

1. Go to www.xi-soft.com and download and install Net Transport (it's freeware)

2. Run Net Transport and click on the New Button (3rd button in the row of buttons below the menue bar).

3. In the dialog box that comes up, enter in the URL for 1 of the video files you want into the upper left field, then click OK. Repeat for all the video files you want to include. Note that further down on the left side you can set where the file will be saved on your hard drive.

Here are the URL's for all the convention video's there (except for the Bush twins)

mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_hastert_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_silver_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_kerik_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_alsuwaij_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_mccain1_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_mccain2_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_rudy1_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083004/rnc_rudy2_083004_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083104/rnc_dole_083104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083104/rnc_harold_083104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083104/rnc_brownback_083104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083104/rnc_frist_083104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083104/rnc_paige_083104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083104/rnc_arnold_083104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/083104/rnc_laurabush_083104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090104/rnc_romney_090104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090104/rnc_reagan_090104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090104/rnc_miller_090104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090104/rnc_cheney1_090104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090104/rnc_cheney2_090104_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_williams_090204_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_franks_090204_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_pataki_090204_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_thompson_090204_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_bush1_090204_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_bush2_090204_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_bush3_090204_300.wmv
mms://66.232.154.15/090204/rnc_bush4_090204_300.wmv

4. Open a new file in Word and past this code below into it:

[Asx version ="3.0"]
[Title]Republican Convention 2004[/Title]
[Entry]
[Title]Dennis Hastert[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_hastert_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Ron Silver[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_silver_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Bernard Kerik[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_kerik_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Zainab Al-Suwaij[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_alsuwaij_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]John McCain[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004 (1/2)[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_mccain1_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]John McCain[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004 (2/2)[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_mccain2_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Rudy Giuliani[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004 (1/2)[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_rudy1_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Rudy Giuliani[/Title]
[Author]30 Aug 2004 (2/2)[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_rudy2_083004_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Elizabeth Dole[/Title]
[Author]31 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_dole_083104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Erika Harold[/Title]
[Author]31 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_harold_083104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Sam Brownback[/Title]
[Author]31 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_brownback_083104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Bill Frist[/Title]
[Author]31 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_frist_083104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Rod Paige[/Title]
[Author]31 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_paige_083104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Arnold Schwarzenegger[/Title]
[Author]31 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_arnold_083104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Laura Bush[/Title]
[Author]31 Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_laurabush_083104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Mitt Romney[/Title]
[Author]1 Sept 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_romney_090104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Reagan Tribute[/Title]
[Author]1 Sept 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_reagan_090104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Zell Miller[/Title]
[Author]1 Sept 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_miller_090104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Dick Cheney [/Title]
[Author]1 Sept 2004 (1/2)[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_cheney1_090104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Dick Cheney [/Title]
[Author]1 Sept 2004 (2/2)[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_cheney2_090104_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Michael Williams[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_williams_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Tommy Franks[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_franks_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]George Pataki[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_pataki_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]Bush Tribute[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright]FOX News Network 2004[/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_thompson_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]President George W. Bush[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004 (1/4)[/Author]
[Copyright][/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_bush1_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]President George W. Bush[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004(2/4)[/Author]
[Copyright][/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_bush2_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]President George W. Bush(3/4)[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004[/Author]
[Copyright][/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_bush3_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[Entry]
[Title]President George W. Bush[/Title]
[Author]2 Sept Aug 2004(4/4)[/Author]
[Copyright][/Copyright]
[Ref href=".\vid\rnc_bush4_090204_300.wmv" /]
[/Entry]
[/Asx]

5. Use Search and Replace to convert every [ into a < and every ] into a >. Save it in text format with a name of GOP.ASX

6. In the directory where you saved the WMV and the ASX files, create a directory named 'vid'. Move all the WMV files to the new directory.

Now if you open the ASX file, Windows Media Player should play them in order. You can burn the ASX file and the vid directory to a CD-R, and if you want to get real fancy, put an autostart file on the CD-R too (no, I'm not going to go into that)

The playlist will work even if you didn't download all the video files. If you know what you are doing, you can include other video files too, like the Matthews vs. Miller interview.

CD-R's are cheap, and handing out copies of this could reach those who didn't watch it on TV.

[Arthur McGowan]

I did it with Zell Miller's speech. It worked perfectly on the first try. Fantastic.

[Arthur McGowan]

Even easier: Get a DVD player that plays WMV.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

Download

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Net Transport v1.92 (2,129,838 bytes)
Net Transport v1.92 (2,129,838 bytes) with English help file (HTML). Please use single thread to download, please.
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Recommend: only updates package 1.92 Site Main, site 1, site 2 (464,705 bytes), every thing from last version, please read ReadMe in it firstly.
Language files
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DOES NOT LOOK FREE TO ME??

[clairenj]

All links posted. I'm using Streambox-VCR which takes all forms of streaming/non-streaming protocols including mms and I'm keep getting no file found msg.

[Grig]

"All links posted. I'm using Streambox-VCR which takes all forms of streaming/non-streaming protocols including mms and I'm keep getting no file found msg."

Then the problem is Streambox.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

I downloaded with Flash get and it worked beautifully.

It worked perfectly on the first try. Fantastic.

You have done a wounderful job. Thanks.

Keep posting this weekly to the freepr.

We need to spread it.

[n-tres-ted]

I've downloaded all the speeches except GWB's. But I'm having trouble understanding what you mean by creating the new directory named "vid" and how to move the files to it. Any further thoughts for such a GWB/AS/ZM/RC/RG fan who is slower on these things than I would like to be?

[Grig]

diretory=folder

Create a new folder named vid and drag and drop the WMV files into it. The playlist expects the video files to be there.

[n-tres-ted]

Thanks a lot, Grig. I'm onto it, but will have to break for dinner soon. Looking forward to having the CD. My memory is already overloaded with the speech data.

[Grig]

Better copy of the Bush intro video here.

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

for later. Thanks.

[Aracelis]

Bump for reference.

[FesterUSMC]

Bush intro movie

[lancer]

Call Steele's office in Annapolis. I'll bet they can steer you to a copy.

[sdkhaki]

bump for later

[perfect stranger]

I can't get those links to work.

And the other copies that I got with that Chinese doohickey don't have any sound.

[Boss_Jim_Gettys]

Lancer,

Thanks for the reply. I will call Steele's office this week. I checked the MD Lt. Gov. website and did not see it posted there. Hopefully thet can put it there for us.

[nutmeg]

Thanks so much for this info, Grig!

[nutmeg]

ping!

Updated info in #74.

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[RandallFlagg]

DANG! You're GOOD!

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