Before you start mucking around, look for the simplest solution.
Some sites, such as Google Video, include a download
link right on the page. Or, if the video is all by itself, centered
in the browser window, and the URL ends with a filename
extension commonly associated with video files (e.g.,
.mpg, .mov, .wmv), then you can often just save the file by
pressing Ctrl-S. (Or, go to Page ??? Save As in IE.) Or, if the
clip is playing in a separate Windows Media Player or Quick-
Time window, try saving it there. Of course, most video publishers
will disable the Save As feature, but it??™s worth a shot.
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The first step is to find out what kind of video file you??™re dealing with, and
the easiest way to do that is to right-click the center of the video frame in the
browser window. The context menu that appears should indicate the plugin
being used, most notably, the About entry (if there is one). How you proceed
depends on the plug-in:
Adobe Flash Player/Macromedia Flash Player
Flash-based videos typically come in two parts: the player module and
the video file. The Flash plug-in first loads the player module (an .swf
file), which in turn downloads and controls the video source (an .flv file);
the .flv file is what you want. (This isn??™t always the case; if there??™s no separate
.flv file, then the video is likely embedded in the main .swf file.)
As soon as the player has finished downloading the entire .
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