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So then, I'm a teacher and I need a website for school next week, with video tutorials for our pupils to watch, as our internet can't cope with 30 pupils all watching a video tutorial at the same time.

The website in question is:

http://www.eastonhome.co.uk/Scratch/index.htm

and in each link are videos...

I've tried to download this website using httrack
http://www.httrack.com/

but sadly there's no joy - all text and images download but not the videos :(


Is there a clever computer brain who can fix this simple problem for me and provide a solution as to how I can get the videos downloaded?


Thanks
 
wouldn't a projector be easier :shrug:
 
emyllis said:
Is there a clever computer brain who can fix this simple problem for me and provide a solution as to how I can get the videos downloaded?
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Yes, but we're not going to because it's not your website and we don't talk about "borrowing" copyright materials on here. Why not ask the owners, Folkestone School for Girls, for an offline version?

Projectors a good answer, but means everyone has to work at the slowest pace.

School should have a proxy which would cache copy inside the school.
 
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petersmart said:
I just installed Httrack and then accessed the website given.

It seems to have downloaded all content perfectly.

I've never heard of this program before so thanks for that - looks handy.

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Ye is good for stealing stuff :clap:
 
Well, it's videos that I want to access for learning, and as I can't access it via the internet due to LEA (Local Educational Authority) broadband issues (slowness), it's a shame that these resources can't be used.
I've tried to contact the owner 2 weeks ago, but as yet haven't got any reply.

I don't see it's a problem as a) the resources seem to be public domain (shared for educational purposes), and b) it's a perfect replica, so the info is repeated perfectly without me adjusting anything, e.g. it says exactly what it says on the page - e.g. links to Folkestone School For Girls will take it to that page. I'm not crediting my self with anything -

Petesmart, I thought I had too, but if you look at the file size, it comes out at something like 5 megs, and only when I try offline mode (deactivating the internet) the videos don't load, i.e. it's not downloaded files.

JasonRS - If something is shared for educational purposes, I don't see a problem with replicating it, especially if it helps pupils learn, which it does!

So I ask again if anyone else can help:)

Thanks
 
Your school will probably have some sort of caching system so i wouldn't worry too much about bandwidth. I too work in a school as a network admin and don't have many issues when it comes to content like this being downloaded 30 times.
 
I hope so Hybrid, but as I say my experience is of pupils getting timing out errors on their internet (as happened 4 times 2 weeks ago and 5 lessons this week).
Grr, very frustrating but that's life
 
emyllis said:
So I ask again if anyone else can help:)

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Yes I can.

Use the site correctly and you will find the page where you can download the full resources for Scratch properly rather than try to rip it off the site, and then host it on your local server.

There's also a donation facility there (which you will obviously be using) and the full copyright details.

As someone that has been involved in EdIT I would sincerely hope that either your Network Manager, the Head or more likely the Bursar would rip you a new one if they found you trying to use copyright material without permission.

Get a serious grip of yourself.
 
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Thanks to all for taking time to reply to me re. these questions, I'm grateful to you all.

Demilion, thanks for your advice too this morning, appreciated.
 
After having a quick look around the site it seems there are forum areas so you may get a quicker reply if you post on there instead of trying to contact the site admin?

For information, it is easy to make a local capture of the video file using a legit Firefox addon. It seems like I would be flamed for telling you how I did it but if I wanted any kind of 'Download helper' on firefox then I would google just that :)

I think Demilion went a bit over the top in his reply there, there are ways of putting the point that you don't agree across that are better than that. That reply just makes him look an arse.
 
Hejikibob said:
After having a quick look around the site it seems there are forum areas so you may get a quicker reply if you post on there instead of trying to contact the site admin?

For information, it is easy to make a local capture of the video file using a legit Firefox addon. It seems like I would be flamed for telling you how I did it but if I wanted any kind of 'Download helper' on firefox then I would google just that :)

I think Demilion went a bit over the top in his reply there, there are ways of putting the point that you don't agree across that are better than that. That reply just makes him look an arse.
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2 comments about that:

a) You obviously missed the part of my reply where I pointed out that there is a legitimate download section on the site where you can get the whole package bundled as a stand alone website.

b) If you think that my reply was over the top, you have obviously never worked anywhere near Educational IT. If you are caught downloading copyright material for infringement over an LEA leased line, then you are likely to be dismissed. Educational Software copyright is taken very seriously.
 
Demilion - Do you mean the second line of your reply about getting the download of the material ? Nah, I saw that.

I was referring to the line of "Get a serious grip of yourself. "

That is where I think your reply was a bit harsh.
 
Well, thanks to people who have helped me, it's now resolved. I didn't mean to stoke the fires when I asked the question, it wasn't my intention to lance a boil in public as it were :)
 
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