Hi,
Agreed, but if I am downloading movie trailers, you'd think it would be 
allowed! Nevermind, thanks for everyones's help.

Cheers,
Jord

On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 11:58 am, Technoslick wrote:
> Jordan,
>
> While there may be some hack or loophole that could make this happen for
> you, I think you just have to accept the fact that the movies you are
> trying to download were specifically set up for on-line streaming. As Todd
> has pointed out, the site does not want to allow the downloading of the
> movies locally. This ability to let you see it, but not take it home, is
> one of the most attractive control mechanisms of audio and visual
> streaming.
>
> The only way for you to be sure that a link brings you to a dowloadable
> file is to try to save its target locally. If is works, you have what you
> want. If it gives you a placeholder, as in this case, that's what the
> provider intended and the only way you are going to get past this it to
> hack the site or see if you can get permission to acquire the file.
>
> I hate bumping into this, too, but...
>
> T
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jordan Elver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files
>
>
> Yep, I can find the file it downloads, but like Todd said, it only
> downloads a
> place holder image while the actual movie does not.
>
> I'll try and find a fix,
> Cheers,
> Jord
>
> On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 8:15 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 04:32, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > This is a bit of a stupid question, but...how can I download quicktime
> > > movs from apple.com/quicktime or wherever without a plugin. All I want
>
> is
>
> > > the actual file, I don't want to stream it or anything.
> > >
> > > I tried looking at the HTML source, getting the src path and pasting
>
> into
>
> > > wget. It goes to download, says it has finished and nothing is saved?
> > >
> > > Am I being stupid or what?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help, Cheers,
> > > Jord
> > > --
> > > Jordan Elver
> > > http://www.jordanelver.co.uk
> > > "Save it for my unauthorized autobiography." --- Larry Wall
> >
> > Tis rather strange - and you've done a "find" or a "locate" on the
> > filename and that returned nothing as well?

-- 
Jordan Elver
http://www.jordanelver.co.uk
"Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want 
Linux'". --- Bruce Perens, Debian's Fearless Leader


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