flv file, you
can find it in your web browser cache; see the upcoming sidebar, ???Pull
Files Out of Your Browser Cache,??? for details.
Windows Media Player can??™t play .flv files unless you install
a special codec, as described in the ???Installing and Managing
AX Codecs??? sidebar, earlier in this chapter. Now, odds
are, you won??™t be able to find a WMP codec that actually
works, so you??™ll need to seek out a dedicated .flv file player
instead. There are several choices, but the best one is simply
called FLV Player, and is available for free from http://
www.martijndevisser.com.
If you don??™t feel like digging through your cache folder, or if the cached
file doesn??™t seem to be playable, you can use one of these handy browser
add-ons designed to provide direct links to .flv files on the most popular
Flash-based video web sites:
Bookmarklet (Firefox, SeaMonkey, or Opera). Go to http://1024k.de/
bookmarklets/video-bookmarklets.html and drag the ???All-In-One
Video Bookmarklet??? link from the page onto your browser??™s Links
toolbar. Then, navigate to a video page and click the bookmarklet
to open a pop-up window with a download link.
Bookmarklet (Internet Explorer). Since IE7 doesn??™t support bookmarklets
longer than 2,083 characters, you won??™t be able to use the
aforementioned ???All-In-One??? link. Instead, use the ???old??? bookmarklets
listed at http://1024k.de/bookmarklets/video-bookmarklets.html;
you??™ll need to install a bookmarklet for each web site you use (e.
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