li...@sbt.net.au wrote:
I was give an url to an overseas TV page, it has a utube-style embeded
video with a 'play' button in middle (as well links to other pages)
I'd like to save the actual video, not sure where to start,
looking at html page, I can see several 'http' strings, none seems to open
video directly; (should I expect to find a direct url...?)
playing in browser I've looked in (XP) temp directory, could see much of
interest there
any tips how to do that..?
If you give us the URL of the video page, we can probably be of more assistance.
All sorts of methods are used (some tricky) to embed a video in a web page.
Have a look at the or tags in the HTML, or in Javascript code
on the page.
should I try to use some of the 'capture utube' web services ..?
thanks for any pointers, just at loss where to start..
The following plug-in captures many different types of embedded video streams,
but not all:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/
also, it also has some geoip restrictions: plays OK in Aus, but, a friend
in US got a 'not authorized in your area'
Perhaps a VPN or Aus-based proxy would solve that problem.
good luck,
rickw
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