Re: Xy'd NB -- FLV Video Capture and Player

[Frank Brownlow fbrownlo@xxxxxxxx]

As a Firefox user, I'm using their Download Helper extension, 3.0.1,
which works well with YouTube and a load of other sites, most of which
no-one would want.


Robert's FLV player works beautifully.


Robert Holmgren wrote:

** Reply to message from J R FOX  on Tue, 4
Mar 2008 09:39:19 -0800 (PST)




Unless I am missing something (in the early going),
the "FLV grab" function of the full version seems to
be site specific.
 


Correct. YouTube only. And only because they go to such
lengths to encrypt/hide the actual download URL.

A very good generic app for grabbing any video URL is the packet
sniffer "URLSnooper" (which is a hassle to get hold of -- they
give you a 6-month license, then another 6-month license, then
after one full year an unlimited license -- but it's worth the
trouble:
 http://www.donationcoder.com/index.php

Another route, if you use Firefox, is to view the "generated"
source code: most sites reveal the actual URL to the Flash
Video (FLV) file (but not YouTube!).



That is no big deal, because
Youtube is the 800 pound gorilla these days, and so
much of that content is naturally going to flow there.
 


I think that's basically accurate. Most of the stuff I see on
other sites, like Yahoo, seems to be available also on YouTube.
YouTube has amazing content (amid a lot of trash, to be sure).
If you want to see why musicians were knocked out by Callas

singing Kundry (Wagner/Parsifal) when _she_ was a 200 pound
gorilla (pre-1950 weight loss), YT is the place to go. The
problem is, clips come and go unpredictably. Some stick for a
year or more, others disappear very quickly. If you see
something, grab it. Some of Ernie Kovacs' "Dutch Masters" cigar
commercials, for example.

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Robert Holmgren
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