Experimental Webcasting File Download Service
In order to download a Webcast recording file, click on this link :
Select the file that you wish to download and right click and select "Save Target As..."
Once you have downloaded the files they can be edited and transcoded using a variety of tools.
Files are stored in the following directories:
- Dail - Dáil
- Seanad - Seanad
- CR1 - Committee Room 1
- CR2 - Committee Room 2
- CR3 - Committee Room 3
- CR4 - Committee Room 4
It is intended to provide the following Webcasting download service:
- One hour files are written every 30 minutes.
- There will be a 30 minute overlap between files.
- Files are lept for two weeks.
- Please note that the last two files may be locked as they are still being written.
- Files are provided in Windows Media Player format.
- The following naming convention is:
forum_YYMMDD-HHMM.wmv
e.g. Dail_20120306-10.00.wmv- forum = Dail_ | Seanad_ | CR1_ | CR2_ | CR3_ | CR4_ (CR = Committee Room)
- YY = Year
- MM = Month
- DD = Day
- HH = Hour
- MM = Minute
- .wmv = WIndows Media Video
Permanent full day file download service (launched 17 December 2012)
You can download a full day's debate here :
http://oireachtas.heanet.ie/FullArchive/
Note these are large files - 5 GB or more.
The files are rolled over at 09.00 every morning.
The current day's file is not accessible as it is still being written.