If I wanted to save a video from http://videos.streetfire.net/ to my hard drive, what software recommendation or other tips would any of you have to offer? I've tried a few things with no luck. Thanks.

10/26/2005 11:49:52 PM

I know somebody can figure this one out...

10/27/2005 5:53:16 PM

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10/27/2005 6:02:08 PM

The software the site is using won't allow you to download the video as a file.

You can get around that by using a program that "sniffs" out the WMV data and produces a saved file.

http://www.wmrecorder.com/index.php is one of the better ones

10/27/2005 7:59:56 PM

if you use firefox go to tools > page info > media > find the file you want, and click the save button at the bottom.

I think this is default, but if not, then I think the web developer extension is the one that would have gave me this option.... but like i said, i think it comes standard.

10/27/2005 9:27:31 PM

Kick ass! I am going to have to try this ...

10/27/2005 9:35:32 PM

hmmm... maybe it didnt work afterall....

10/27/2005 9:48:16 PM

if you do that in this situation, it probably will only save the wmx or whatever that little pointer file is that loads the actual wmv from the remote server

[Edited on October 28, 2005 at 1:08 AM. Reason : s]

10/28/2005 1:07:54 AM

You could always use a program like Camtasia to record the movie file. It's a bit of a pain in the ass to set up, but I used to use it all the time to "convert" quicktime files to divx and record real streams that aren't otherwise recordable. What it does it essentially take a screenshot of whatever area you tell it to 30 times a second (framerate is user configurable of course) and records from the line in of your computer and creates a divx file from that. So it's wouldn't be an exact copy of the file you're trying to download, but you end up with a pretty decent copy. It may not be the easiest solution, but I know it would work.

http://www.techsmith.com/

[Edited on October 28, 2005 at 5:07 AM. Reason : .]

10/28/2005 5:00:00 AM