Recording Namahousous on Nico Nico Douga
A guide
Namaroku and Kakoroku are great programs for recording on Nico. The quality is as good as the original stream. Comments donāt cover the video, but they are downloaded in a separate file, and can be viewed when played in Nicoplayer or Himatan Player. Namaroku is for live programs, and kakoroku is for timeshifted ones.
Last update: March 1st, 2015
Namaroku and Kakoroku
http://com.nicovideo.jp/community/co310049
You should join this community. The downloads can now be found by going to āę²ē¤ŗęæā and finding posts 6557-6562.
Go back several pages using the numbers at the top or bottom until you get to the page with post numbers 6557 through 6562. 6557 is namaroku, 6558 is kakoroku, and the rest are other downloads.
You should be taken to a page with a link that says āclick here to start downloadā in English. If not, try going back and refreshing the page.
Last, extract the folders to wherever is convenient.
In order for Namaroku to work with usersā namas rather than just official ones, youāll need to replace a certain file.
The one you need is the one titled ārtmpdump.zip.ā All you need to do is unzip it, put the file in the namaroku folder, and replace the old file.
http://eigoukaiki.s101.xrea.com/software/nicoplayer/
Himatan Player
http://himado.in/wiki/index.php?%E3%81%B2%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9F%E3%82%93%E3%81%B7%E3%82%8C%E3%81%84%E3%82%84
Click the one that says āVersion 1.0ććć¦ć³ćć¼ćā
Note (1/3/13): In order to record, you must go to the control panel on your computer and change the language for non-Unicode programs to Japanese.
Namaroku
Namaroku records live streams on Nico Nico Douga.
ānamaroku.exeā will allow you automatically record namas, after navigating to the ćę°ć«å
„ćć»NGčØå® tab, from a certain community (now the first tab) or user (second). You may also enter the link to one specific program in the third tab. The fourth tab is for programs of a certain keyword. Make sure that once you add something, you check é²ē» to record the video stream. The tabs in order starting with ćććć¢ćć are Pop-up, Balloon, Web, E-mail, Sound (doesnāt record sound, just plays one to notify you), Record, Application A, Application B, Application C, and Memo. As long as the program is running, it should do whatever you have checked.
ānamarokuRecorder.exeā is quick for if you know the exact link and the program is currently streaming. All you have to do is paste it in and it will start recording. It can also be accessed from the main program by going to ćć¼ć«(T) and clicking Recorderćčµ·åććĀ®.
Logging in can be done from namarokuRecorder, the smaller window. Go to ćć¼ć«(T), ćŖćć·ć§ć³(O), and then the second tab ć¢ć«ć¦ć³ćčØå®. From there, you can choose to either sync the information with your browser or type it in.Ā Logging in through Chrome is not recommended. Note that if you type in your information directly, youāll be logged out of Nico in your browser when you record something. Logging in again will not stop the recording.
The top area used for syncing with your browser. The bottom area is used to log in directly. Please be sure to select the button that corresponds with the method you choose.
Kakoroku
Note: as of 4/28/13, due to some changes made on Nico, only official free programs can be recorded, no user ones.
6/13/13: The same is true depending on where you live. You can work around it though a proxy. It seems like kind of guessing as to what will work, though, as far as I can tell. (A French one and a Korean one have worked for meā¦)
Updated method after the description
Kakoroku is good for recording timeshifted broadcasts. You will either need to reserve to timeshift the program ahead of time or be a premium member. In order to record, youāll need to log in to Nico in the program. You can do this by going to ćć¼ć«(T), ćŖćć·ć§ć³(O), and then the second tab ć¢ć«ć¦ć³ćčØå®. Then you can either use what is in your browser or type it. Again, it will log you out when you record something if you type it in, but logging back in wonāt stop the recording.
To record, paste in the link, and then press the button on the right that says é²ē»éå§ to start recording. If you want to record more than one, enter in the second link and add it to the to the list with the button on the left, é²ē»ćŖć¹ćčæ½å .
If you get the error āé²ē»ć§ćć¾ććļ¼require_accept_print_timeshift_ticket,ā it means that you can only timeshift once. This is common for official programs such as Nicoraji. Go to the broadcast page and click the button to watch it. Once you click the red button, you will have 24 hours to watch and record.
If the recording is split into multiple files, and one does not record, giving the error āERROR: rtmp server sent error, ERROR: rtmp server requested closeā, this is what you can do. Paste the url into the box as normal, and then add a comma and the number that did not record to the end, and then start recording. For example, it should look like this āhttp://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv******,2ā. You can do more than one at a time like this like this. āhttp://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv******,2,4ā will record the second and fourth, for example. (added 2/11/13)
How to Record Timeshifted User Broadcasts with kakoroku
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/nico-lab/blomaga/ar8759
This information is completely from the above.
This is using kakoroku 1.5.4
http://com.nicovideo.jp/community/co310049
Download ārtmpdump-2.4-git-20131007_20131123.zipā from this link
http://nht.r.ribbon.to/
Rename the file downloaded to something else such as ārtmpdumpTSā and place in the kakoroku folder
Open kakoroku
Go to Tools (T)>Options (O)
Go to the last tab, rtmpęå®
In the bottom section, ć¦ć¼ć¶ć¼ę¾é, uncheck both of the boxes
In the first blank created, set it to lead to the file you just placed in the folder
For example, like this:
C:\Users\Name\Videos\kakorokuRecorder154\rtmpdumpTS.exe
To the right of the second blank, click āå
„åćć©ć¼ć ā
Click āęå®1ā
Change ā-rā at the beginning to say ā-vrā
Say OK to accept the changes and go back to the main kakoroku window
Now you should be able to record user broadcasts
If the program is split and the later files fail, manually record each one by typing the number at the end after a comma like this:
lv123456789,2 for second file
lv123456789,3 for third
etc.
Playback
The default place for recorded videos to be saved is the āRecā subfolder in the main Kakoroku or Namaroku folder.
Nicoplayer will allow you to playback comments. If you click on the comment button, a new box to show the comments will pop up. It may automatically import the comments when you play the video. If not, drag the .xml file to the comment box.
Himaplayer will also show comments. This one can also show the comments flying across the screen as it does on NND. Itās also simpler than Nicoplayer.
The videos can be played without comments in other video players. However, some donāt work with programs recorded with Namaroku for me. It may just be me, though.
Questions or Comments?
Feel free to send a message if you have any questions or comments or think something should be added. Thanks for reading!
6/13/13: If you would like to know how to record official paid programs, please see this guide: http://clock08.tumblr.com/post/49125321297/guide-to-recording-cho-party-more-not-a