Can some one technical explain the process of "Streaming video"?We have Amazon free videos, and am wondering if we can stream those into the laptop and store for on-the-road, then watch on larger TV screen?Although it might mean only that we can watch Amazon but not copy.If so, if we buy a video streaming service, can we record for later viewing on a laptop and then watch it on a TV with larger screen? Thanks - a simple answer is fine, just basic yes or no, rather than entire tech answer, which we will probably not understand.

To keep in simple, Amazon PRIME offers SOME videos that can be downloaded (not streamed) and saved on your PC to watch later.Netflix also offers that for SOME of their choices, but not too many. "Streaming" means watching something as it's actively coming down to your computer. It doesn't save. "Downloading" allows you to save it and watch later.

At one time I could save You TUbe videos but they stopped that for the most part.THere are still SOME you can download for later playback but Streaming means **************. bad connection. over limit on your data plan. Sorry but BUFFERING will be the most common display. Good connection not over limit it work great. But Streaming is kind of like LIVE TV. v/s recorded.That said there IS a way (usually) to save it. but .. If you have to ask It's beyond me to explain it.. I do more Audio than video and I am able to save most anything. Sometimes with "Generation Loss" sometimes bit perfect. Depending on how much Effort I put into it and how much I spend on softare and hardware.. I used to produce recordings of/for my daughter and thus had to be able to break copy guard since the best recorder I had copy guarded everything.

wa8yxm wrote:At one time I could save You TUbe videos but they stopped that for the most part.You can still download YouTube videos. I do it all the time.

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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Sep 03, 2018
At one time I could save You TUbe videos but they stopped that for the most part.

THere are still SOME you can download for later playback but Streaming means **************. bad connection. over limit on your data plan. Sorry but BUFFERING will be the most common display. Good connection not over limit it work great.

But Streaming is kind of like LIVE TV. v/s recorded.

That said there IS a way (usually) to save it. but .. If you have to ask It's beyond me to explain it..

I do more Audio than video and I am able to save most anything. Sometimes with "Generation Loss" sometimes bit perfect. Depending on how much Effort I put into it and how much I spend on softare and hardware.. I used to produce recordings of/for my daughter and thus had to be able to break copy guard since the best recorder I had copy guarded everything.
jcpainter
Explorer
Sep 03, 2018
To keep in simple, Amazon PRIME offers SOME videos that can be downloaded (not streamed) and saved on your PC to watch later.

Netflix also offers that for SOME of their choices, but not too many.

"Streaming" means watching something as it's actively coming down to your computer. It doesn't save.

"Downloading" allows you to save it and watch later.
2oldman
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2018
maybe

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