Eben King wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Mario Lombardo wrote:
>
>> What are people using for video downloaders (not just works with
>> YouTube) with Firefox? I want something opensource, free, and runs
>> on Linux. I've found the following
>> (from: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=750095 and
>> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=654723&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
>> )
>>
>> I have no idea which ones are opensource yet and work with Linux!
>> I'm just throwing this out there.
>> * http://code.google.com/p/anttoolbar/
>> * https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006
>> * use Real Player's plugin??
>> * http://www.ehow.com/video_2287260_handle-youtube-downloader.html
>> * http://netvideohunter.com/
>> * Flashgot does it??
>>
>> blah blah blah. I'm so confused and annoyed. I can only imagine how
>> many of either these or others have spyware or are mining data, etc.
>> OK please help. What are you using?
>
> I have done the parts of this, but not the whole sequence. What I'd
> do is:
>
> Set the browser to go through privoxy.
>
> Set privoxy to log every URL fetched.
>
> As soon as the video starts playing, you can close the window and
> check the log; it's URL is among the last fetched, probably the one
> ending in ".flv" if it uses Flash (Youtube does).
>
LOL Well... the solution lacks some sex appeal, but I guess it would
work for *any* website, wouldn't it? That's good to know, but right
now, I'm narrowing down on a Firefox extension to do my bidding. More
details to come!
/mario
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