html, and then double-click the
new file to open it in your browser. Right-click the lone download link on the
page, and select Save Target As.
Alternatively, you can use Bulk Downloader, available at http://www.
creativelement.com/powertools/. Just choose the List Manually tab, paste the
URL (or URLs) into the box, and then click Download.
Figure 4-7. Use a program like CoCSoft Stream Down to download streaming video clips
to your hard disk
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If all goes well, you should have a file on your hard disk in about the
same amount of time as it would take to watch the video from start to
finish; just double-click the file icon to play the clip.
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player videos are a pain in the neck because of the
wide variety of tricks publishers must use to get the videos to appear in
web pages. If you encounter one of these beasts, first try the bookmarklets
and extensions for QuickTime videos, listed earlier in this section. If
none of those work, you??™ll need to do some digging to get the URL of
the source file.
If the video is playing in a standalone Windows Media Player window,
getting the URL is not too hard: from the File menu, select Properties,
and it will be shown in the Location field (see Figure 4-8).
Figure 4-8. Get the URL of an online Windows Media Player video clip
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