ShredTheGnar
09-22-2007, 01:34 AM
Well, I'm extremely bored due to not being able to skate for awhile, so I thought I'd post this up. I just got it working tonight.
Less complicated method:
I have found the way to get the videos off the skate.reel site and to get them into a format you can use in windows movie maker so you can make longer videos. The end product isn't better than the quality of the videos on skate.reel but this will let you make longer videos and have better ways to edit them if you have movie maker.
What you need -
Firefox download helper - google it. If you don't know how to use it read the FAQ on their site.
and http://www.sharewareguide.net/downloadit.php?pd_id=12400
You'll need some computer knowledge to understand this.
All you do is convert the FLV file into WMV, and there instant compatible video!!
I've tried this with someone's video. I don't know who's this is but sorry for taking it. It was for a good cause.
Heres the video I got from skate.reel uploaded to youtube I even used movie maker to write a little about it, just to prove the videos can be used in movie maker after being converted.
Now you can upload your clips, convert them, then put them together and put then on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCYhTOMUSx8
Sticky!!
More complicated method if you don't want to use firefox or are unable to get the above method to work:
What you need:
Some computer knowledge
Windows Notepad
XBOX 360 with Live
EA Skate
FLV to AVI MPEG WMV 3GP MP4 iPod Converter (click to download) (http://www.download.com/FLV-to-AVI-MPEG-WMV-3GP-MP4-iPod-Converter/3000-2194_4-10714835.html?tag=lst-0-6)
What to do:
1. First, upload your footage from your console to the EA site. Unfortunately you can only do this one at a time--this is the long part.
2. Next, go to http://skate.share.ea.com/. Make sure your EA account is logged in and your XBOX Live gamertag is linked. Click on "find your video."
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/steptwo.png
3. This will take your to your Skate.Reel profile. Your most recently uploaded video will be listed on the right side. Click on it.
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepthree.png
4. After you click that link, it should take you to the video player page. Feel free to preview your video here. When you're ready to continue, right click the body of the page, and select "Save Page As...". Save the page to your desktop. Name it whatever you want, the save will not be permanent and you will be deleting this when you are done. However, if you choose to rename, make sure that the ".aspx" file tag still follows your renamed file.
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepfour.png
5. This is the tough step. Navigate to your desktop, right click the .aspx file you just saved, highlight "Open With," and select "Notepad." Once in Notepad, click "Edit->Find." In the "Find what" box, type in ".flv" without the quotes, and click "Find Next" twice. (Reason being: the first .flv file that comes up is irrelevant and the real video link is the second one.)
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepfive.png
6. You should see ".flv" highlighted at the end of a string of text. Scroll to the left while highlighting everything to the left of the apostrophe that is to the left of ".flv". Stop highlighting at the apostrophe to the left of "http://". You should have an entire URL highlighted now, and it should look something like this (note: the numbers and filenames will be different). Click CTRL+C to copy this URL.
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepsix.png
7. In Notepad, click "File -> New." This should open up a new, blank document. Inside of it, write the HTML code:
<a href="(your video link here)">Video Link--right click and select "save target as" to download.</a>
Replace the (your video link here) by pasting your copied URL into its spot. Keep the two quotes.
Your document should now look like this:
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepseven.png
8. Next, in Notepad, click "File -> Save as". For the filename, type in "SkateVideo.html" and select the "save as type" to "All Files." Be sure you are saving to your desktop.
Should look like this:
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepeight.png
9. Navigate to your desktop, and double click your new "SkateVideo.html" web page. It should open up in Internet Explorer with the link saying "Video Link--right click and select "save target as" to download." Right click the link, and click "save target as." Rename it to whatever you want, just keep the .FLV suffix. Save it to your desktop.
10. For this step, you need to have installed the FLV converter in the link provided above. If you haven't, please do so now.
Open FLV to AVI MPEG WMV etc etc converter. A pop up should show, asking you to register. Click the "try" button. Next, click "Add," navigate to your just-downloaded .FLV file on your desktop, and select "Open."
You should see a box saying "output folder." Select "change," and set the output folder to your desktop. Below that and to the left, you should see a "profiles" dropdown box. Select "WMV-Windows Media Video (*.wmv)" from that box.
11. Finally, click the "convert" button at the top. Another pop up should come up, select "try." If the conversion is successful, you will see a pop up saying "Mission Accomplished!" Your video is now converted and is ready to be played in Windows Media Player, iTunes, or uploaded to PutFile or YouTube. Now, go back and delete the .aspx file, the .flv file, and the .html file you created. Those are not needed. The only thing now needed is the new .wmv movie file.
Got questions? Feel free to ask.
If a mod could sticky this, that'd be great.
Just updated this with the faster and easier way of doing the same thing.
Less complicated method:
I have found the way to get the videos off the skate.reel site and to get them into a format you can use in windows movie maker so you can make longer videos. The end product isn't better than the quality of the videos on skate.reel but this will let you make longer videos and have better ways to edit them if you have movie maker.
What you need -
Firefox download helper - google it. If you don't know how to use it read the FAQ on their site.
and http://www.sharewareguide.net/downloadit.php?pd_id=12400
You'll need some computer knowledge to understand this.
All you do is convert the FLV file into WMV, and there instant compatible video!!
I've tried this with someone's video. I don't know who's this is but sorry for taking it. It was for a good cause.
Heres the video I got from skate.reel uploaded to youtube I even used movie maker to write a little about it, just to prove the videos can be used in movie maker after being converted.
Now you can upload your clips, convert them, then put them together and put then on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCYhTOMUSx8
Sticky!!
More complicated method if you don't want to use firefox or are unable to get the above method to work:
What you need:
Some computer knowledge
Windows Notepad
XBOX 360 with Live
EA Skate
FLV to AVI MPEG WMV 3GP MP4 iPod Converter (click to download) (http://www.download.com/FLV-to-AVI-MPEG-WMV-3GP-MP4-iPod-Converter/3000-2194_4-10714835.html?tag=lst-0-6)
What to do:
1. First, upload your footage from your console to the EA site. Unfortunately you can only do this one at a time--this is the long part.
2. Next, go to http://skate.share.ea.com/. Make sure your EA account is logged in and your XBOX Live gamertag is linked. Click on "find your video."
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/steptwo.png
3. This will take your to your Skate.Reel profile. Your most recently uploaded video will be listed on the right side. Click on it.
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepthree.png
4. After you click that link, it should take you to the video player page. Feel free to preview your video here. When you're ready to continue, right click the body of the page, and select "Save Page As...". Save the page to your desktop. Name it whatever you want, the save will not be permanent and you will be deleting this when you are done. However, if you choose to rename, make sure that the ".aspx" file tag still follows your renamed file.
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepfour.png
5. This is the tough step. Navigate to your desktop, right click the .aspx file you just saved, highlight "Open With," and select "Notepad." Once in Notepad, click "Edit->Find." In the "Find what" box, type in ".flv" without the quotes, and click "Find Next" twice. (Reason being: the first .flv file that comes up is irrelevant and the real video link is the second one.)
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepfive.png
6. You should see ".flv" highlighted at the end of a string of text. Scroll to the left while highlighting everything to the left of the apostrophe that is to the left of ".flv". Stop highlighting at the apostrophe to the left of "http://". You should have an entire URL highlighted now, and it should look something like this (note: the numbers and filenames will be different). Click CTRL+C to copy this URL.
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepsix.png
7. In Notepad, click "File -> New." This should open up a new, blank document. Inside of it, write the HTML code:
<a href="(your video link here)">Video Link--right click and select "save target as" to download.</a>
Replace the (your video link here) by pasting your copied URL into its spot. Keep the two quotes.
Your document should now look like this:
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepseven.png
8. Next, in Notepad, click "File -> Save as". For the filename, type in "SkateVideo.html" and select the "save as type" to "All Files." Be sure you are saving to your desktop.
Should look like this:
http://www.motodecal.net/skatehowto/stepeight.png
9. Navigate to your desktop, and double click your new "SkateVideo.html" web page. It should open up in Internet Explorer with the link saying "Video Link--right click and select "save target as" to download." Right click the link, and click "save target as." Rename it to whatever you want, just keep the .FLV suffix. Save it to your desktop.
10. For this step, you need to have installed the FLV converter in the link provided above. If you haven't, please do so now.
Open FLV to AVI MPEG WMV etc etc converter. A pop up should show, asking you to register. Click the "try" button. Next, click "Add," navigate to your just-downloaded .FLV file on your desktop, and select "Open."
You should see a box saying "output folder." Select "change," and set the output folder to your desktop. Below that and to the left, you should see a "profiles" dropdown box. Select "WMV-Windows Media Video (*.wmv)" from that box.
11. Finally, click the "convert" button at the top. Another pop up should come up, select "try." If the conversion is successful, you will see a pop up saying "Mission Accomplished!" Your video is now converted and is ready to be played in Windows Media Player, iTunes, or uploaded to PutFile or YouTube. Now, go back and delete the .aspx file, the .flv file, and the .html file you created. Those are not needed. The only thing now needed is the new .wmv movie file.
Got questions? Feel free to ask.
If a mod could sticky this, that'd be great.
Just updated this with the faster and easier way of doing the same thing.