begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Sun, May 25, 2008 at 04:27:52PM -0700: > SJS wrote: [snip] > > BTW, VLC will play .flv (flash video), so you don't actually need flash > > enabled in the browser in order to watch the multitude of low-resolution > > low-frame-rate poor-sound video clips that are all the rage. Some of > > 'em are even funny! > > I can't seem to do that sort of thing -- maybe I misinterpret what you mean. > > How do you get the flv (or swf?) file or url from someplace like > youtube? What is your recipe, if that is doable.
For most sites, I "view source", and then deduce the URL by reading the source, sometimes manually parsing the Javascript used to generate the url. I then use wget or curl to fetch _just_ the FLV file. For YouTube, there's a website (I'll have to go dig up that URL) that will, given a YouTube URL (post to a form) return the FLV file. -- Principles that don't hurt a little bit are just named habits. Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
