saving macromedia flash files

Peter

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Aug 30, 2004, 5:42:37 AM8/30/04

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Guys
Is there anyway of saving a macromedia flash clips???
I can play them, but how the hell can I save them

Ken Oaf

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Aug 30, 2004, 5:59:57 AM8/30/04

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Have a look in your temporary internet files folders.

Richard Kelly

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Aug 30, 2004, 6:28:10 AM8/30/04

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> Guys
> Is there anyway of saving a macromedia flash clips???
> I can play them, but how the hell can I save them

View the source of the web page (View -> Source in IE) then find the
reference to the file (usually an SWF file). If the source is relative (has
no http://blah in front of it), append the filename and path to the address
of the page you are looking at (remembering ../ means the directory above if
it is in the relative path). If the address is absolute (http://blah) then
just copy the address of the file. Then use a download manager like Getright
and paste the URL of the SWF file and download away. When you receive the
file, you can watch it in IE. There are many tricks to get around this
method, but it works for basic pages, and even the trickier ones can be
tracked down.

What's the URL of a page you are trying to get a Flash file from? Post it
here and then I can find the URL of the SWF file as a demo, then you can do
it for any other pages you want.

Peter

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Aug 30, 2004, 7:50:16 AM8/30/04

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Thx for this Richard
Its much appreciated
Here is the url of the page with the clips Im trying to save
http://media.dsc.discovery.com/fansites/amchopper/video_bestof/bestof.html

Thx again
Cheers
Peter

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Richard Kelly

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Aug 30, 2004, 8:22:43 AM8/30/04

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>>> Guys
>>> Is there anyway of saving a macromedia flash clips???
>>> I can play them, but how the hell can I save them
>>
>> View the source of the web page (View -> Source in IE) then find the
>> reference to the file (usually an SWF file). If the source is relative
>> (has no http://blah in front of it), append the filename and path to the
>> address of the page you are looking at (remembering ../ means the
>> directory above if it is in the relative path). If the address is
>> absolute (http://blah) then just copy the address of the file. Then use a
>> download manager like Getright and paste the URL of the SWF file and
>> download away. When you receive the file, you can watch it in IE. There
>> are many tricks to get around this method, but it works for basic pages,
>> and even the trickier ones can be tracked down.
>>
>> What's the URL of a page you are trying to get a Flash file from? Post it
>> here and then I can find the URL of the SWF file as a demo, then you can
>> do it for any other pages you want.
>

> Thx for this Richard
> Its much appreciated
> Here is the url of the page with the clips Im trying to save
> http://media.dsc.discovery.com/fansites/amchopper/video_bestof/bestof.html
>
> Thx again
> Cheers
> Peter

That's a tricky one. This is the Flash file that plays:

http://media.dsc.discovery.com/fansites/amchopper/video_bestof/media/ac_best_of.swf

Each of the clips is actually loaded by this Flash file, not by the web
page, therefore the URLs of the Flash clips are almost impossible to find.
Beyond my realm of expertise I'm afraid - the Flash file would have to be
deconstructed using Macromedia Studio MX (which I don't have handy) and the
links to the clips pulled out of it (which I don't know how to do).

The URL trick only works on sites that use HTML to load clips. Sorry.

A Google search reveals many programs for downloading Flash files, but I
don't know if any will be helpful. Check some of them out:
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=flash+capture&meta=

Fred

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Aug 30, 2004, 9:18:31 AM8/30/04

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"Peter" <brid...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> Guys
> Is there anyway of saving a macromedia flash clips???
> I can play them, but how the hell can I save them
>

If you instal this free utility it will extract the swf's from your
computers cache.
The utility can view and save them.
Flash Movie Extract Pilot.
http://www.colorpilot.com/load/extract.exe

Unknown

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Aug 30, 2004, 9:37:16 AM8/30/04

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"Fred" <Fr...@bedrock.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Peter" <brid...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:hECYc.13185$D7....@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Guys
>> Is there anyway of saving a macromedia flash clips???
>> I can play them, but how the hell can I save them
>>
>
> If you instal this free utility it will extract the swf's from your
> computers cache.

Why bother? Dont close the playing clip, do a search of your HD for *.swf
and then look at the date and time of any that come up. The one closest to
the time you played the clip is more than likely it. Copy it to desktop and
there you go!

Fred

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Aug 30, 2004, 10:40:27 AM8/30/04

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They aren't stored like that in my cache.
Viewing the TIF files via Internet options, Temporary Internet files ,
settings, view files I see that they have a .swf?obj=V001 extension as
below.
Anyone wanting to download would need to right click the link and Save
Target As.

Clockmeister

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Aug 30, 2004, 3:02:03 PM8/30/04

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"Peter" <brid...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> Guys
> Is there anyway of saving a macromedia flash clips???
> I can play them, but how the hell can I save them
>

Right click on the link and save it to your desktop and open it with notepad
to see the address of the swf file, failing that, open the page with an html
editor and look for the link information.

I dcut and paste the link into flashget to download, but any download client
should work fine.

Regards,

Clockmeister.

Unknown

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Aug 30, 2004, 5:35:08 PM8/30/04

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> Unknown wrote:
>> "Fred" <Fr...@bedrock.com> wrote in message
>> news:2pgnp9F...@uni-berlin.de...
>>>
>>> "Peter" <brid...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
>>> news:hECYc.13185$D7....@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>> Guys
>>>> Is there anyway of saving a macromedia flash clips???
>>>> I can play them, but how the hell can I save them
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you instal this free utility it will extract the swf's from your
>>> computers cache.
>>
>> Why bother? Dont close the playing clip, do a search of your HD for *.swf
>> and then look at the date and time of any that come up. The one closest
>> to
>> the time you played the clip is more than likely it. Copy it to desktop
> and
>> there you go!
>
> They aren't stored like that in my cache.

Lord help me. READ WHAT I SAID! That is what I do every time I want to save
one!

Peter

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Aug 30, 2004, 6:19:52 PM8/30/04

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OK, so after you have right clicked on it and saved the file (the swf file)
how the hell do I play it. ?????

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Fred

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Aug 30, 2004, 6:59:09 PM8/30/04

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Peter wrote:
> OK, so after you have right clicked on it and saved the file (the swf
file)
> how the hell do I play it. ?????

To play it, right click on the saved file or icon and choose open with
Internet explorer (that's if you use IE)

Freddie

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Aug 31, 2004, 8:12:21 PM8/31/04

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Ken..Get back in you box..tosser

Unknown

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Aug 31, 2004, 11:54:09 PM8/31/04

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"Freddie" <m...@home.now> wrote in message news:4135...@dnews.tpgi.com.au...

> Ken..Get back in you box..tosser
>
>

Don't you just love a dick who doesn't attribute?