can i save streamed files?

Kilerz · #1 March 18th, 2007, 03:55 AM

hi, is there a way i can save a streamed movie in my internet files? i use fire fox and i dont know how to let the application work off-line. and when i close firefox and load the same exact file i have to load it all over again which can be annoying for those huge movies. please tell me how i can watch movies over and over by streaming it only once.

Disturbed_One · #2 March 21st, 2007, 01:12 AM

What I do is copy the address, take it into windows media player, and post the url of it in there.
If its already downloaded once, it should start playing.

If so, SOMETIMES
you can just go into File>Save As...
and save the file you just streamed

Doesnt always work though.

nsl · #3 March 24th, 2007, 01:50 AM

you should download FLV player or VLC media player it's better than windows media player

teabag87 · #4 August 9th, 2007, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kilerz

is there a way i can save a streamed movie in my internet files?

you can save/download videos to your computer, using an add on (for Firefox), called VideoDownloader. Just go to this site:http://www.videodownloader.net/

to install the add on, as well as some additional software (it's all free) so that you can play and convert the videos that you've downloaded.

immense-tie · #5 August 9th, 2007, 01:05 PM

try http://keepvid.com/

im still trying to work it out myself so if u beat me to figureing it out let me know

Kilerz · #6 August 19th, 2007, 09:41 AM

thank you everyone for your help but i still have to re download the song from you tube is there a way to stream it and then download the full file to the computer but quicker, because if the song was 100mb and i already streamed it i dont want to re download it i would rather have it just get sent to my computer with the full file size of 100mb but just download what i streamed much quicker than how long it took me to stream if that makes sense. thanks for help

oracle128 · #7 August 19th, 2007, 07:33 PM

Streamed multimedia files are usually deleted by the browser once viewed, so you will need to download it again. The stream-capturers mentioned are preemptive tools, that is you should use them to save the stream to a file first, they can't do much after you've already streamed it with some other method. And no, there is no way to make the file download faster than however long it takes to download to your PC - streaming is the same as downloading (except a stream isn't stored permanently unless you use the above tools).

teabag87 · #8 August 21st, 2007, 07:33 AM

I agree with what oracle128 said- I think you'll need to download it again. I haven't found an alternative to just downloading it, although to you use the add-on I mentioned before (VideoDownloader), you have to "stream" the file/video first (i.e. you have to actually stream the entire video completely through first, before you try to save/download the video to your computer (using VideoDownloader). I hope that makes sense!