Downloading Flash movies

[karnivore]

can anybody plz tell me how to download falsh movies in IE 6.

though there r third party softwares available, i need to know how to save the flash movies on my disk without installing any such software.

thx in advance.

[neuron2]

What is a flash movie and why are you posting this in the Development forum?

[hello_all_humans]

Im guessing karnivore means the embedded flash that websites can have, like youtube videos. I would think you would have to install third party software to save them to your drive though.

Some sites use flash not just because it has been a highly adopted format but so that you have to go to the website again to view/play it. Why would you want to save it anyway?

[LoRd_MuldeR]

@karnivore
Just saving the Flash file embedded on the website to your HDD won't do the job! The video is not contained in the .swf file. Instead Flash Player will load the video form an external .flv file. I usually use the Wireshark (Ethereal) (http://www.wireshark.org/) network scanner to see what files actually are transfered. Just use the HTTP filter and look for "GET" request. You will find something like GET /get_video?video_id=wdIs_P1KOMY HTTP/1.1\r\n which gives you direct Download link to FLV file. Now you can download with FreeDownloadManager or alike and then playback with MPlayer :D

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Example, screenshot from Wireshark:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6343/sharkvy8.gif

So Download URL is:
http://ash-v109.ash.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=wdIs_P1KOMY

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Don't forget to change extension to .flv after download ;)

[Bester]

Also this site may help you.

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php