posthaste
join:2001-05-20
Champaign, IL
| My Challenge: Saving This Embedded Flash Video
»www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1438428757
So as I was perusing the 56K Lookout! forum, I came across a link bizarre look into North Korea (from a Westerner's perspective). Basically, these two Web journalists got into NK as tourists and shot a series short videos (14 episodes in total).
It's so fascinating, in fact, that I wanted to save local copies of the embedded flash videos. But every single attempt has been stymied and I want to find a way to crack this nut!
Any ideas? |
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ArchAngel21x
Obama 2008
Premium
join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE | Real Player for Mac includes a feature to save flash videos. |
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tinysquare
Premium
join:2001-08-11
El Paso, TX | reply to posthaste
Plenty of Firefox extensions for doing just this. Have you tried them? |
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posthaste
join:2001-05-20
Champaign, IL
| Thanks for the replies!
Yes, I tried using Firefox in Bootcamp with several different media download-type extensions and no joy.
Real Player didn't work either.
These videos are being hosted on Brightcove.TV, which apparently is extraordinarily more difficult to "get" than those from other sources (YouTube, etc.).
I think the only way to do it is to use a screen capture app such as Snapz Pro or ScreenFlow. |
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tinysquare
Premium
join:2001-08-11
El Paso, TX
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Strange. I tried my old "standby", which is viewing the Activity Window in Safari. Usually you can double-click the biggest file and it will download. It looks like they're blocking HTTP requests. I'd use a network monitor, or the LiveHTTPHeaders extension in Firefox to find out how they're fetching those pages. Looks like a simple HTTP GET is being block. |
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posthaste
join:2001-05-20
Champaign, IL | I tried LiveHTTPHeaders extension in Firefox and got nothing useful. |
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michierusan
join:2008-04-27
Miami, FL
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Have you tried different sources?
»video.google.com/videosearch?q=T···esearch=
Found some but not all, I am sure there is another copy hosted somewhere on the net that you can extract the videos from. |
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jrs8084
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join:2002-03-02
Statesville, NC
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to posthaste
This might be a costlier solution, but Snapz Pro (with video) will record screen action. Now, it will cost you, but it is a great program worth the money just for its screen shot flexibility alone.
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tinysquare
Premium
join:2001-08-11
El Paso, TX | reply to posthaste
Yeah, I tried it too. I wonder if they're doing a flash file that fetches a flash file that fetches the video? I can direct link to the flash video, but it still shows in their player. |
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