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Jan 23, 2013

How to download online videos to your computer

In this post, we return to the question of downloading video, after viewing it online. However, not sure after watching this case. But let's order. Or immediately view the video at the end of the article)))

This time we will not talk about video hostings and media portals such as YouTube , Vimeo, and other Rutube. I'll look at downloading movies when they are laid directly on any website. So maybe when the webmaster or IT-business hosting services are well placed for the broadcast of the video. But do not confuse it with when your site or blog with embedded video player lined example on YouTube or Vimeo!

 Actually, the last time it took me, I downloaded the webinar recording Azamat Ushanov he posted only a couple of days for you to peruse. Time on his view, was not and I decided to download the video directly. And then I'll talk about the two methods used.


We are looking for a direct link to the video file and download it loader.

This method can be a little tricky for beginners. We will have a little digging in the code pages and look for a link to the video. But this way, if the link is not hidden special scripts, actually the fastest.

Therefore, do the following.

Open the page on which the embedded video player with the right video.

Right click on the page and click the "Source Code" (for Opera). For other browsers: Google Chrome - "View page source", Internet Explorer - "View HTML-code", Mozilla Firefox - "Page Source." But the bottom line here is not in the browser.
 Next in the code, we need to find the desired link. You need to find the text file containing the possible expansion of the video. It can be an extension: ". Flv", ". Mov", ". Mp4". By the way for various flash cards (flash online games), this file will have the extension ". Swf", and describes also work.

Press the key combination "Ctrl + F" , that there was a search bar in the browser or window. Enter the desired extension in the box and click "Search." If the page is the required combination of letters and symbols, it is automatically highlighted. If you see that the link is not shown, click "Find Next." And so, until you find the appropriate link in the code.

When a link is found, copy it and start download any bootloader. Such a program for downloading files Download Master or the browser uploader . Video download as a normal file on your computer.

After downloading can view video at any program. Order to view, install the latest codecs pack K-Lite Codec Pack and the program "Media Player Classic".

The difficulties in this process can be precisely detected the direct link to the video file. You will need to get hand. Besides the link can be specified in the code but not a direct link from
"Http://domen/fayl.flv"
And a relative - "/ fayl.flv". In this case, you must take the address of the page that displays the video
 (Eg - http://domen/papka/page.Html)
and replace it with:
 "Http://domen/box/fayl.flv"
Further use for downloading the link. Sometimes this method works. But not always.

If you still can not download online videos in this way, use the method of getting video from the browser cache Opera. It is described below, and more versatile.

Take out the online video of the browser cache Opera

The good old way, which is described on the website . But things are changing and there are some nuances to the version of Opera 12. By the way he is universal, regardless of the source video. After all, it is still loaded in your computer!

But, first, you need to increase the size of the video, which is kept in the cache of the Opera. Since the default is usually the maximum size it is only 20 MB. A fairly large online video can be sized for one hundred megabytes. And in excess of the maximum set in the browser automatically being transferred already in the system cache windose . From there, it too can be removed, but problematic. Though what I wrote on the blog and tell in the video.

In order to increase the size of the files in the browser cache Opera do the following.
In the browser menu, click on "Tools" and then on "General Preferences ...". Or just a combination of keys on the keyboard "Ctrl + F12".
In the window "Settings" tab, click on the "Advanced"
In the opened tab in the left column, click "History."
In the right pane, select the size next to the inscription "Disk cache". I imagine my - 400 MB. At the moment, this is the maximum. Which, however, is sufficient for my needs.
Click OK to save the settings.

After that, start watching a video in the player on the site. Wait until it is fully loaded. And at the current rate, upload videos to a computer takes much less time than watching it. After loading the page, and do not close the browser! Video from the cache can be deleted automatically.

Now you need to go to the cache folder of Opera.

To do this, click on the button in the menu on the "Help" in the menu that opens, on the "About" page. On the next page you will see a list of paths to various folders on the system drive of the Opera. Including the "Cache" path like: "C: \ Documents and Settings \ Admin \ Local Settings \ Application Data \ Opera \ Opera \ cache". Copy the path and paste it into the address bar window windose or simply click on it consistently from the disc to a folder.

In the opened folder "cache" you will see a lot of folders and files. You need to find the newly created by time. This is usually the time when you activate the download video player. So move the map in the window in table mode.
Next sort the map in time.
Then find a large file in fresh locations. Folder names can be different. Usually you can just hover over the name of the folder to get the size and based on these data to navigate.
Copy the file found in any convenient location on your computer. For example, "My Videos."
Opera cache files usually have the extension ". Tmp". Change it to ". Flv".
FLV - this is the format that is usually transmitted to a computer by streaming video.

Now you can watch on your computer. If desired, you can change the format to "AVI" or another. To do this, convert the video using a simple video converter Convertilla .


Video overview of "How to download streaming video Opera built on the sites":


A live example shows how to find a direct link to the video file directly embedded in different sites. This is not about YouTube's video hosting TYPE! Opera browser is used and a program for downloading files Download Master.

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