Comments on: Snagging YouTube videos from the cache http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/ Because technology isn't just for geeks Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: dietrich http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 dietrich Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:37:12 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1564 <strike>"Update 6-22-2009 - Looks like Google stopped hard drive caching on their 720P content. Ironically, that's the content that needs the caching the most but I guess they want to keep people from snagging the 720P clips.Update 6-22-2009 - Looks like Google stopped hard drive caching on their 720P content. Ironically, that's the content that needs the caching the most but I guess they want to keep people from snagging the 720P clips."</strike><br><br>My method described above works with any Linux Distro using Firefox. I recommend Ubuntu 9.04<br><br><div style="width:202px;height:55px;background:url(http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/all/themes/ubuntu09/logo.png)">.</div><br><div style="width:100px;height:75px;background:url(http://www.dtschmitz.com/dietrich.jpg)">.</div> <br><a href="http://www.dtschmitz.com">Dietrich T. Schmitz</a><br><a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/dtschmitz">Google Profile</a> "Update 6-22-2009 – Looks like Google stopped hard drive caching on their 720P content. Ironically, that’s the content that needs the caching the most but I guess they want to keep people from snagging the 720P clips.Update 6-22-2009 – Looks like Google stopped hard drive caching on their 720P content. Ironically, that’s the content that needs the caching the most but I guess they want to keep people from snagging the 720P clips."

My method described above works with any Linux Distro using Firefox. I recommend Ubuntu 9.04

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Dietrich T. Schmitz
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]]> By: David W http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 David W Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:15:00 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1563 Didn't know html was parsed in the comments.<br>Lets try this...<br>HTML symbol code "&#92;" will give you \ Didn’t know html was parsed in the comments.
Lets try this…
HTML symbol code "&#38;#92;" will give you &#92;

]]> By: David W http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1562 David W Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:29:21 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1562 Hey George, "\" will give you a backslash. Or as I just read, it's also called a Reverse Solidus. <br>http://matrixmagic.com/tools/symbols.html Hey George, "&#92;" will give you a backslash. Or as I just read, it’s also called a Reverse Solidus.
http://matrixmagic.com/tools/symbols.html

]]> By: dietrich http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 dietrich Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:46:39 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1561 Article from <a href="http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/18/tips-tricks-using-firefox-to-download-flash-movies-without-any-extra-plugins/">Dr. Ivan's Blog</a>:<br><br>1) Open a page with a movie you want to download<br><br>2) Wait for it to cache fully<br><br>3) While the page is still displayed (do NOT close the window or tab containing it - it will delete the movie file), go to the /tmp directory<br><br>4) Here you will find one (or more, depending on how many flash movies you are working) files which do not have any extension but have the prefix "Flash" with a hash at the end (just several jumbled letters and numbers), like so: "FlashGjqRPZ"<br><br>5) This actually is the precise file you are looking for, copy it to another location, rename it and if you wish, you can also add the correct extension: These files are usually either .flv or .mp4 (on youtube for example, the former are the low quality videos, while the latter are high-quality or HD-movies)<br><br>6) Now you can close the tab/window of your browser which contained the web page with the movie - without the fear of getting the cached file deleted<br><br>7) Well, and that's really it! Play the movie in your favorite media player (vlc, mplayer…)<br><br><div style="width:202px;height:55px;background:url(http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/all/themes/ubuntu09/logo.png)">.</div><br><div style="width:100px;height:75px;background:url(http://www.dtschmitz.com/dietrich.jpg)">.</div> <br><a href="http://www.dtschmitz.com">Dietrich T. Schmitz</a><br><a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/dtschmitz">Google Profile</a> Article from Dr. Ivan’s Blog:

1) Open a page with a movie you want to download

2) Wait for it to cache fully

3) While the page is still displayed (do NOT close the window or tab containing it – it will delete the movie file), go to the /tmp directory

4) Here you will find one (or more, depending on how many flash movies you are working) files which do not have any extension but have the prefix “Flash” with a hash at the end (just several jumbled letters and numbers), like so: “FlashGjqRPZ”

5) This actually is the precise file you are looking for, copy it to another location, rename it and if you wish, you can also add the correct extension: These files are usually either .flv or .mp4 (on youtube for example, the former are the low quality videos, while the latter are high-quality or HD-movies)

6) Now you can close the tab/window of your browser which contained the web page with the movie – without the fear of getting the cached file deleted

7) Well, and that’s really it! Play the movie in your favorite media player (vlc, mplayer…)

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Dietrich T. Schmitz
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]]> By: George Ou http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 George Ou Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:49:39 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1560 I'm using a combination of IE8 and Chrome. Chrome starts up faster and creates new tabs faster and it automatically fills in the URL without me having to push the down key stroke. That's enough for me to launch it manually. I use IE8 as default because Chrome crashes when I click on links in Live Messenger when it spawns a page in Chrome. I’m using a combination of IE8 and Chrome. Chrome starts up faster and creates new tabs faster and it automatically fills in the URL without me having to push the down key stroke. That’s enough for me to launch it manually. I use IE8 as default because Chrome crashes when I click on links in Live Messenger when it spawns a page in Chrome.

]]> By: George Ou http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 George Ou Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:47:42 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1559 Most browsers have a cache limit built in. You can also use Windows Disk Cleanup to clean this stuff. Most browsers have a cache limit built in. You can also use Windows Disk Cleanup to clean this stuff.

]]> By: 1coodude http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 1coodude Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:33:30 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1558 Is this the default for all YouTube videos watched from google? I hope they make it clear so that people can clear that cache once in a while.. . Is this the default for all YouTube videos watched from google? I hope they make it clear so that people can clear that cache once in a while.. .

]]> By: nuCrash http://www.formortals.com/snagging-youtube-videos-from-cache/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 nuCrash Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:58:10 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=189#comment-1556 Now I can save all of those old Star Trek Videos. I figured this was a pretty simple fix, now I know. <br><br>Using Chrome are we? Now I can save all of those old Star Trek Videos. I figured this was a pretty simple fix, now I know.

Using Chrome are we?

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