Video bundles/packages for speed runs

2004-06-04 11:36:42 pm

If this has already been asked I apologize; I searched but I didn't come up with anything.

Would it be possible to offer zipped packages of all the videos in a given run? Dividing the videos up by saves makes sense, but frankly it's a pain in the ass to download ~18 separate videos whenever I want to watch a Prime speed run. I just think it would be nice if a complete package was offered in addition to being able to download individual segments, for those that would like to just start a single download and let that run in the background (like myself).

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nate

2004-06-05 01:02:27 am

hey,

sorry, but i currently don't have the resources to offer volumes for all the runs, or even for some of them, unfortunately. however, if you have access to a unix shell or emulator, you can enter the following:

wget http://url/file[1-9].avi

etc.

justin

2004-06-05 01:56:58 am

I figured there was probably a reason for that.

As it happens I'm using OS X; while I'm pretty sure wget isn't included (though, I guess I could build it if I needed to) I think I should be able to accomplish the same thing with curl, I'll have to look into that.

Thanks

Radix

2004-06-05 03:44:55 am

Just use the archive ftp ... go to the info page, then on the left go to download options. It'll tell you a server and directory to go to in order to find the files. Then just tell whatever ftp program you're using to grab em all, and walk away. Wink

justin

2004-06-05 04:07:07 am

Heh, yeah, I guess I could do that too. I usually just deal with FTP through my browser unless I'm uploading. Laughing

nate

2004-06-05 09:51:39 am

lol. wget isn't included iirc, unfortunately for us. still though, you could use commandline ftp like radix said. typing get file[1-9].avi should work, or even like mget file*.avi after you're connected.

justin

2004-06-11 12:39:53 am

Well, I grabbed smilingjack's run today via curl.

Code:

For anyone who might remotely care...

curl -o ~/Desktop/Prime/part_#1.avi http://movies07.archive.org/2/movies/MetroidPrime_23p_125/MetroidPrime_23p_125_part[01-19].avi

I tried connecting via an FTP client as well, and that worked just as easily, though I found curl stalls less (I'm using wireless).

I thought I'd be slick and use curls ability to start at a given byte offset and avoid the 12 second intro on every movie (I don't need to see it 19 times :P). But alas (as I assumed would happen, but was hoping would not), it didn't work.

nate

2004-06-11 08:02:28 am

rotfl. one vote placed for junking the statid.