The Internet today is the most real information space available to billions of people and containing tons of terabytes of information. And how often do we feel the need to save the found information on our computer: it can be films, music, books … But what if a movie or music is on the network in the form of a flash movie, that is, a file in.swf or.flv format, which is simply impossible to download from the site?
Instructions
Step 1
Look carefully at the source html-code of the page - it may contain a direct link to the file. On the one hand, the method is the simplest - you just find the link and download the file using it, and on the other hand, it is very difficult for an inexperienced user. First, you need to know what to look for and what the link to the site looks like in the code, and secondly, it can be hidden.
Step 2
Use special programs or applications. For example, Video Downloader 2.0 is very easy to use - just enter the address of the page with the video you need into the program, and it will download it to your computer. The FireFox browser, which is becoming more popular every day, has developed its own plugins that allow you to download flash movies to hard drives. This is the Video Downloader Firefox Extension plugin that is bundled with the above program and the UnPlug plugin that looks for video links with.swf or.flv extensions on its own.
Step 3
If the video content of the page is protected from pirated downloads by the authors and none of the above methods can be obtained, install URL Snooper or Flash & Media Capture. Both programs allow you to find links to files in the page code. In the most hopeless situations, use any video capture program from a computer monitor. One of the most amazing programs is Camtasia Studio. Like all similar programs, before starting video recording, it hides in the tray, so start it by pressing the F9 key. The program will first record the video playing on the monitor in its own internal format, which then you will have to convert to any standard video format. After these two simple procedures, you will be able to watch your favorite video directly from your computer's hard drive.
