On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Manuel Escudero wrote: > 2011/9/1 Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 15:24 -0500, Manuel Escudero wrote: >>> is it a "swf" file? ok... You have 3 ways to do it: >>> >>> For just viewing: >>> >>> 3) Click with left button of the mouse, hit "Open With" and Open it >>> with firefox. >> >> May not work... Some players, like "mplayer" can play Flash videos. >> >> Though, if what you've downloaded is a Flash player, rather than the >> Flash video (that the player would have played), or some other sort of >> container/referral file, you'll be out of luck. > Of course!! that's it! what tim just said is the answer... (Btw Yep, the > Firefox Method > Worked) and Yep, it actually is a SWF File but it plays only "a fullscreen > black" because what you've > downloaded is a Flash Player, the SWFObject player that web developers use > to embed Flash movies > on a webpage... That's why it only is 20K also, it's only the player without > the "SWFObject" library and without > the video itself... > > See, the "retrieve from cache" method works (or at least used to work) with > youtube videos, as when they play, > they actually "cache" (note the use of the word as a verb) among other > things, the original video... When the video stops > loading, it is on your cache and you can retrieve it in MP4 usually... > > Megavideo Caches the videos in SWF for example but files are way much larger > than 20K. when a webpage play flash videos, most of > the time they use the "SWFObject" method and one of the things that is > "caching" in the background is the SWF Player, that is the thing > you just downloaded... > > See, there are more easy ways to download videos from web, if you can, tell > me what you were trying to grab and I'll help you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpzjxsSfDKg very preferably including the subtitles. The English title is When Father was Away on Business. I actually have a DVD of this, but I suspect the youtube version of being clearer. It's more than two hours long, which is why I was practicing on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3zhoq5tT0&feature=related , which is less than 15 minutes. They have different "share" mechanisms. The big one just gets a link back to youtube. -- Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
