"Michael Marsh" <[email protected]> writes: >> What has generally worked for me is to watch (or at least buffer) the >> streaming video in Firefox/Iceweasel, and find the appropriate cache >> entry (~/.mozilla/firefox/<garbage>/Cache). "ls -ltr" typically makes >> it easy to pick out, since it will be recent and large. Then I just >> copy the file from the cache to a more stable location, changing the >> file name from <random-looking hex> to my_video.flv. If the file's >> too big, it'll get booted from the cache, but sometimes it shows up in >> /tmp (this seems unreliable). Increasing the iceweasel cache limit >> generally makes this a non-issue, though.
Rodolfo Medina <[email protected]> writes: > I tried to apply Michael's suggestion (that another time worked fine) to > download a video at this address: > > http://www.raiclicktv.it/raiclickpc/secure/folder.srv?id=1925# > > , by clicking on `Roma'. More precisely, the address is: > > > http://www.raiclicktv.it/raiclickpc/secure/stream.srv?id=3429&idCnt=17923&pagina=1&path=RaiClickWeb^Home^Sapere^Letture+^CAMMIN+LEGGENDO#1 > > . The strange is, that no large file seems to be downloaded in > ~/.mozilla/firefox/duq4lps5.default/Cache. But, where else if not there? So > I didn't manage to download the file. > > I also tried with clive, but it said: > > clive 0.4.18 20080715 [Linux] > error: unsupported host > (http://www.raiclicktv.it/raiclickpc/secure/stream.srv?id=3429&idCnt=17923&pagina=1&path=RaiClickWeb^Home^Sapere^Letture+^CAMMIN+LEGGENDO#1) > => 0 (0.0B), failed: 1, skipped: 0. > error: nothing to extract. > > > . Any suggestion? At that web site there are some real treasures that > deserve absolutely to be collected! Ron Johnson <[email protected]> writes: > Try the FlashGot plugin for FF. It's apparently morphed from being > specifically a Flash downloader to a general downloader. I didn't manage to download the video with FlashGot either. Since I can watch it, through Firefox and also with Totem, and since any buffered video is going to have to be downloaded and cached somewhere, I wonder *where* if not in ~/.mozilla/firefox/duq4lps5.default/Cache. Once found out this, I could pick it up without need of plugins. Bye Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
