On Monday, 1. October 2012. 8.50.53 Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 01.10.2012 03:11, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: > > Ok, folks, look, the file-in-/tmp method doesn't work for some time now, > > since the flash plugin used to delete the file as soon as it was created > > (and before any data has been copied into it). The way to go then is to > > grep the output of ps to find the PID of the flash plugin, then go into > > the /proc/PID/fd, dig out the file descriptor of the deleted file > > containing the video, then copy it somewhere else. That's what the script > > does, or at least used to do. > what the hell - why should youtube-dl touch flash or a webbrowser? > how would this work without X11 in a terminal? > hint: it would not > > youtube-dl is a STANDALONE script and that is why it needs > to get updated after changes in the way youtube works Yes, you are right, sorry, the script isn't doing what I described, it's more involved. But my point was that manually copying the file from /tmp doesn't work either, and one needs to dig deep in order to steal the file from the flash plugin. Best, :-) Marko -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
