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moodle OpenCast downloads
Firefox Extension
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Richard Zameitat
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About This Software
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**WARNING:**
This extension is neither …
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packaged
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thouroughly testes
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approved or endorsed by RWTH or FSMPI
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well supported
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the answer to life, universe, and everything
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readable
**Use at your own risk!**
Further development is necessary and will take place when I find some more free time …
### what is it good for?
A huge portion of videos in RWTH moodle are hosted on RWTH's OpenCast instance.
The way it is set up prevents (likely intentionally) a user-friendly approach to downloading videos.
This extension want's to help by liberating lecture recordings and other videos provided in this rather restrictive manner.
How?
By placing a bow with direct links to the videos above them.
### reasons for downloading vidoes
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a bad internet connection (streaming feels like 90% buffering and 10% watching)
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learning on the train, at the beach, in the park, … you get it
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personal archive to re-watch lecture contents in a few semesters (relevant for exams, personal interest, …)
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### 2do
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going to bed
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styling (I love CSS, not joking here!)
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adding links in video-only tabs, too
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packaging
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good name + icon
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further investigation into the OpenCast API (looks like one might be able to have some fun with it)
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