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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