Capturing video from BBC News web site

[Brian G]

Hi, I have been using OBS to capture video News Reel video from the BBC News Web pages. Window - activate the live browser - (Opera) - then try to adjust the framing of the live video into the recording preview window, which always leaves unwanted surrounding areas of the screen shot, which in truth I do not really want in view as any adjustment into the preview window is maintained proportional. Is there any way that I can capture only the exact news video on playback, without unwanted areas in the preview screen view?? Any information appreciated.

 

[Brian G]

have you try to find the stream address and put it in as VLC source ?

Thanks for the tip, but all BBC newscast stream address are in a 'bob' format: the actual stream source is hidden deliberately, so that you cannot use VLC or Jacksta for capture & or download. OBS works well, but you need to manipulate the view of the Browser into the actual preview screen: i.e. zoom it, but even then the maintained proportions on the screen will mean that unwanted surrounding material will be included in the final recorded video. I wondered if in OBS the recorded preview screen could be manipulated (zoomed or adjusted) to exactly fit the video area only in the web page prior to recording.

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