Pulling down embedded video files - solution

[john dough]

I did the download in Firefox with the Greasemonkey extension and the code found here:

http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/04/2597/

After installing Greasemonkey and the script, when you encounter an embedded video file, at the bottom of the pop-up window you will see a red arrow that looks like this:



Right click on that and hit download embedded content.

Voila!

[mrthuse]

I followed the directions found on:

http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/04/2597/

both w/ and w/o the Firefox Plug-in. Nada - other than the occasional htm file.

Sounds like what Albee said about "going a long distance out of the way in order to come baack a short distance correctly."

I use:

http://www.mediaconverter.org/index.php?s=convert

Works like a charm every time.

My $0.02

[jonny]

Doesn't work for me. Just switches to fullscreen.

[Jimmypoo]

Won't Snapz capture video? One of the Ambrosia apps will capture even DVD from the screen.

[john dough]

[quote Jimmypoo]Won't Snapz capture video? One of the Ambrosia apps will capture even DVD from the screen.
It does, but 2 important things:

1) if you do capture, it is in "real time" as you have to have to capture it as it is happening, and I don't have the time (today) to do that

2) File capture takes more space than the original media file, and although I have a ton of space available, why use it?

[Jimmypoo]

What is "the script" you mention, after GreaseMonkey?

[john dough]

[quote Jimmypoo]What is "the script" you mention, after GreaseMonkey?
// ==UserScript==
// @name Unembed
// @namespace http://neugierig.org/software/greasemonkey
// @description Adds a download link to embedded movies
// @include *
// ==/UserScript
//
// *** NOTE: there is an easier way to accomplish this than using this script.
// *** please see http://neugierig.org/software/greasemonkey/ for info.

(function() {
var xpath = "//embed";
var res = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null,
XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
var i, embed;
for (i = 0; embed = res.snapshotItem(i); ++i) {
var dl = document.createElement('a');
dl.href = embed.src;
dl.appendChild(document.createTextNode('[download]'));
embed.parentNode.insertBefore(dl, embed.nextSibling);
}
})();

// vim: set ts=2 sw=2 :



>>

I did not write the script, but got it from the link I mentioned in the first post.

[rz]

um, why don't you use the add-on "download embedded 0.5" from the Firefox add-on page? Click to download it, restart FIrefox, and you get the same Red arrow on pages that have embedded video. Works for me.

[john dough]

[quote rz]um, why don't you use the add-on "download embedded 0.5" from the Firefox add-on page? Click to download it, restart FIrefox, and you get the same Red arrow on pages that have embedded video. Works for me.
Yes, I see that that works (on my Macbook) also.

Thanks!