Grabbing a flash movie?

[Boz Mon]

Is there a way to grab a flash movie off of a website that doesnt have the download option? IE if I wanted to download a flash movie from a local news site?

 

[skip0110]

View the source and look for a reference to a .flv file, then put that in your address bar. If you post up the page you want downloaded, I can extract a direct link for you.

 

[dougiemeats]

If you have Firefox, you can download an extension, or use Skip's method.

On a Mac:

1. Open Safari
2. Go to Window > Activity (or press Command-Option-A)
3. Find the FLV (usually the largest file on the list)
4. Double-click to download

 

[DQuaN]

Lookup the extension called "Unplug" for Firefox.

 

[Jondot]

I do it the long way by finding the file in the source, pasting the address of the file into a text document like this:

<a href="[B]http://www.address.com/of/flash/file.swf[/B]"> Some random text that you can right click </a>

Then saving it as a .html. Then you simply open the file you just made in any web browser, and right click -> save as the random text. Tada! It's downloading on to your PC.

 

[Boz Mon]

Heres the link, I dont even know where to start looking in the code
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5204526

 

[ferrari_chris]

Heres the link, I dont even know where to start looking in the code
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5204526

Send me a PM with your email address and I can email the video to you - it's too big too attach here...

I ripped the FLV from the Temporary Internet Files and then created a new SWF with an FLV player for you to watch it in.

Let me know if you want it.

 

[Tornado]

This is what I use.