Great tip, Brook! :D Bill http://BillCammack.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Brook Hinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Install perian - it's an extension to quicktime. www.perian.com. > This lets you open .flv files directly. > 2. Use safari. For most sites without downloadable video, you'll be > able to find the video file in the activity window, but it takes a > little practice. Look for "flv" or for files with sizes in mb instead > of kb. Click on the file and it will download. > 3. Sometimes you have to rename the downloaded file, if it's flash, > with an flv extension (esp. if its one that downloads a file an names > it "get_video") > 4. You can drag the file to quicktime to open it. > 5. I prefer mpeg streamclip to quicktime for conversion to dv or > whatever format you'll be editing in. Available free at > www.squared5.com (and you HAVE to use the www for some reason). With > either, be sure you export to quicktime movie using the DV codec, NOT > to a DV Stream (assuming you're going to DV). > 6. If you're staying at a small file size like 320x240, photojpeg at > 85% or higher is a good alternatitve to DV as an editing codec. > > Brook > > > On 2/9/08, Kathryn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys... > > > > looking for a free, mac compatible program that will let me rip > > videos from the web and re-edit them... i promise I am not doing > > anything dishonest, immoral, disrespectful or divisive!!! > > > > thanks! > > > > Kathryn > > > > Kathryn Jones > > http://www.synchronis.tv > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab >