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| Thread ID: 105863 | 2009-12-16 19:56:00 | How to download a Discovery Channel video? | stuffed (1469) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 840311 | 2009-12-17 02:00:00 | Most FLV downloaders won't download FLV files anymore because most of it is copy protected. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 840312 | 2009-12-17 07:57:00 | The plugin I use for Firefox is called DownloadHelper. You can use it for youtube or any other site with videos that aren't streaming. Very useful. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 840313 | 2009-12-17 08:05:00 | The plugin I use for Firefox is called DownloadHelper. You can use it for youtube or any other site with videos that aren't streaming. Very useful. DownloadHelper doesn't work with the Discovery Channel site 'stuffed' cited. It's one of those streaming media sites that dont appear to put a temporary file anywhere. When a temporary file can be located, I use Unlocker to copy it before closing the player. In fact I use Unlocker for most flv downloads. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 840314 | 2009-12-18 05:03:00 | It's one of those streaming media sites that dont appear to put a temporary file anywhere. I have never seen a download that didn't provide a temporary file, though there were times when I thought one had. I had constant problems with YouTube file grabbers that worked for a few weeks then stopped, so I went back to first principles and as I have commented before on the Forum, I use Ztree to show all files on my C drive in date order (nothing can hide from this program, if it is on the disc, you see it) and the download will be the biggest file close to the top of the list, but will bear no resemblance in name or suffix. I then use Ztree to transfer it to another drive, renaming it and adding the flv suffix as it goes and all is sweet. Sometimes it is not an flv so I try various suffixes until it plays. This system has never failed me yet, but ZTree does take some getting used to. I'm ok with it because I started in computing with XTree Gold and it was my principal file manager for years until 32-Bit computing and long file names came along. ZTree is a 32-Bit rewrite (should be a 64-Bit version coming soon) that has all the original functionality of XTree and more. I use it every time Windows saves a file to the wrong directory, because I can find its location in less than a minute, including opening ZTree. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 840315 | 2010-01-05 01:01:00 | Anybody figure out how to download videos from the discovery channel? | lovely1979 (15513) | ||
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