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title: "Downloading Kaltura Media"
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Faculty, students, and staff can download media from Kaltura.
> ✅ [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/10770830349](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/10770830349)
## If You Own the Media
1. Navigate to the [Kaltura MediaSpace](https://kaltura.uconn.edu/my-media).
2. Log in using your NetID credentials.
3. Find the media you wish to download.
4. Click on the **pencil icon** at the right of the screen to edit the media.
5. Below the player, click on the **Download **tab, check off **Source File**, click **Save**. Once saved, click **Go To Media**.
6. When the **Download** tab appears, you can download the media.
## If You Do Not Own the Media
If you are unable to download a video file from Kaltura, you must ask the uploader to follow this guide to enable downloading.
1. Navigate to the [Kaltura](https://kaltura.uconn.edu) or click on the shared video link and skip to **Step 5.**
2. At the top right, click **Guest → Login.**
3. Log in using your NetID credentials. The Guest label should change to your name.
4. Click on the thumbnail for the media you would like to download.
5. Below the player, click on the **Download** tab.
6. Click the blue **Download** text next to any of the available formats. The content should start downloading to your computer.
> ⚠️ If the recording includes the webcam and the content/desktop, the download will only include the primary video. The secondary recording will not be downloaded. Scroll down for details on getting the secondary video.
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## Methods for other video types (click to expand instructions):
Downloading Videos that Contain Webcam and Screen Capture
If you wish to download both the camera and screen video, you must be the owner of the video.
1. Download the main video from Kaltura.
2. To download the second video associated with the presentation, you need the **entry ID** of the presentation. This can be found by the URL of the video under the **Share** tab.
3. The entry ID will look like a random string of characters starting with "1_". Copy this string and search for it on your [My Media](https://kaltura.uconn.edu/my-media) page.
4. Two results will appear – the original one you already set to download and the second video.
5. Follow the same steps to download the second video as used for the primary.
Downloading a Video File with Captions
> ℹ️ The steps in this section are not needed in order for captions to be shown on Kaltura videos embedded in HuskyCT. See [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/10789160506](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/10789160506) and [Sharing Videos in Discussion Boards and Other Areas](#AttachingHuskyCT)
Using the free and open-source software VLC Media Player ([https://www.videolan.org/](https://www.videolan.org/)), you can encode an existing caption file into a video. By encoding the captions within the video file, the file can be shared and played back with captions.
> ⚠️ You must be the owner of the video to download the .srt caption file(s). Both the video and caption file are needed to complete this process.
1. Download the video file by following the instructions for [Downloading Video Files from Kaltura](#).
2. After you have downloaded the video file, go back to the edit screen for the video.
3. Click the **Captions** tab.
4. If the video has existing captions you will see a file listed. Click the **Download** **icon** under the* *“Actions” heading in the table.
5. Download the VLC Media Player if you don’t already have it installed.
1. Go to [https://www.videolan.org/](https://www.videolan.org/) and click **Download VLC**.
2. You will be directed to a new page. Do not click any of the ad links on the page. Wait a few seconds and the download will start.
3. Run the downloaded installer by clicking the file at the bottom of the screen or clicking **Run** when prompted.
6. **Open VLC**.
7. In VLC, go to the menu bar at the top of the window. Click **Media** > **Convert/Save**.
8. In the window that opens, click **Add** and find the video file you downloaded.
9. Then, check the box for **Use a subtitle file** and click **Browse** to find the .srt file that you downloaded from Kaltura.
10. Click **Convert/Save**.
11. In the new window that opens, click the **Profile drop-down** and select the ***Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)*** profile.
12. Click the **Wrench icon** next to the profile to bring up the profile settings.
13. Select the **Audio Codec** tab.
14. Check the box for **Keep original audio track**.
15. Select the **Subtitles** tab.
16. Check the boxes for **Subtitles** and **Overlay subtitles on the video**.
17. Click **Save**. The profile editor window will close.
18. Under* *the* ***Destination** section, click **Browse** to choose a name for the new subtitled video to be saved as.
19. Click **Start.**
20. The VLC window will appear as if it is playing media and say* *“Converting [file name]” at the top. Wait for this to finish.
21. Once the conversion has finished, go to the destination file that you chose before the conversion process to find the subtitled video.
Converting Video Files to Audio-Only Files (Windows OS)
1. After downloading your video file to your computer, open **VLC Media Player**.
- If you do not already have **VLC Media Player** installed, download it [here](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html).
2. Click **Media**.
3. Select **Convert / Save **or press **Ctrl + R **on your keyboard.
4. Click **Add**.
5. Browse and open your video file.
6. Click **Convert / Save.**
7. Navigate to **Settings. **
8. Click **Profile. **
9. Select **Audio - MP3**.
10. Click **Browse.**
11. Name the destination file.
12. Click **Start**.
Converting Your Video Files to Audio-Only Files (Mac OS)
1. After downloading your video file to your computer, open the file in **QuickTime Player.**
2. Click **File.**
3. Click **Export As.**
4. Select **Audio Only**.
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