[Python] Using Selenium to download a segment of a JW Player Live Stream

I'm trying to write a python script using selenium to download 60s (arbitrary) of a live video feed (through a JW Player). A screen recording of sorts would be an acceptable solution (if limited to the frame the video is on) but a straight download would be preferable.

The live stream is behind a login, so I have a script which logs in and tries to load the video.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import time

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

driver.get("https://magicseaweed.com/account/login/?dest=%2FLive-Whitesands-Webcam%2F245%2F")

email = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//*[@id="msw-js-user-login-tab"]/form/div[2]/input')
email.clear()
email.send_keys("***@gmail.com")

pwd = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//*[@id="msw-js-user-login-tab"]/form/div[3]/input')
pwd.clear()
pwd.send_keys("******")
pwd.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//*[@id="msw-js-player245-stream"]').click()

driver.close()


I'm not sure why but

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//*[@id="msw-js-player245-stream"]').click()


doesn't start playing the video even though I was expecting it to.

The xpath is the a div containing

<video class="jw-video jw-reset" src="blob:https://magicseaweed.com/91b9d409-5ebf-4b93-a38a-8e6f0625f954"></video>


but it also doesn't work by choosing the xpath of the above.

So currently, I have the video on screen but can't start it playing and am not sure how to download or screen record 60s of it.

Any help would be appreciated

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