Downloading embedded online video files to your PC (flash)

Joebob · 5 Jun 2015 at 07:32

Does anyone know the best way to download embedded flash video files from their browser?

I have found agreat resource site with loads of videos and I need to gfo through them all - it's quite an old site though, so I'm worried it might be taken down before I finish!

Orcvader · 5 Jun 2015 at 07:59

What browser are you using? There are plenty of extensions/addons for Chrome/Firefox that can download Flash content.

Joebob · 5 Jun 2015 at 09:04

Orcvader said:
What browser are you using? There are plenty of extensions/addons for Chrome/Firefox that can download Flash content.

I'm using Chrome Canary. I tried a browser called Maxthon which is supposed to have a download feature, but it didn't work.

I will look for Chrome extensions.

ED209 · 5 Jun 2015 at 09:24

I don't know if this will help but I used to use this site for downloading youtube videos

http://www.clipconverter.cc/

Joebob · 5 Jun 2015 at 13:59

ED209 said:
I don't know if this will help but I used to use this site for downloading youtube videos

http://www.clipconverter.cc/

Can't find any chrome extensions which work and clipconverter didn't work either. I'm going to try a bit of software called videocacheview and see how I get on with that.

ubersonic · 5 Jun 2015 at 14:08

I use Video Downloader [FVD] for Chrome (can get it from the chrome store).

No-One · 5 Jun 2015 at 14:44

keepvid.com

Joebob · 5 Jun 2015 at 14:46

ubersonic said:
I use Video Downloader [FVD] for Chrome (can get it from the chrome store).

I tried that as well but couldn't get it to work.

I've actually found a really good tool for the job: VideoCacheView

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/video_cache_view.html

You have to actually fully watch the video and then it scans your internet cache and finds it for you - it helps if you clear your temporary internet files from all of your browsers and then watch your video online before running the scan, otherwise it will bring up images, flash files, videos and the works, which will take an ice age to look through!

It can't recover YouTube videos though. I've just descovered, via this software, that they are not downloaded to your cache.

Orcvader · 5 Jun 2015 at 20:31

If it's YouTube you need a different type of downloader, as YouTube uses HTML5 and not Flash. That's why the above solutions aren't working for you

. I believe Google also removed all extensions for Chrome that downloads YouTube videos too.

Use this with Firefox to download YouTube videos, just gave it a check and it still works pretty well: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-youtube/?src=search

The download option appears underneath the video:

Glanza · 5 Jun 2015 at 23:20

Replay media catcher.

lsg1r · 6 Jun 2015 at 00:26

In firefox and palemoon I've used 'download flash & video' seems to work everywhere I've tried, not just youtube

. It gives options of what format/resolution you want if there are more than one choice such as in youtube

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-flash-and-video/?src=ss

Joebob · 6 Jun 2015 at 08:40

Orcvader said:
If it's YouTube you need a different type of downloader, as YouTube uses HTML5 and not Flash. That's why the above solutions aren't working for you . I believe Google also removed all extensions for Chrome that downloads YouTube videos too.

Use this with Firefox to download YouTube videos, just gave it a check and it still works pretty well: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-youtube/?src=search

The download option appears underneath the video:

I'm not after downloading youTube videos. I just thought I would mention it didn't download them for anyone who comes across this thread looking to do the same.