On Thursday 18 September 2008 11:27:15 pm Neil wrote:
mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile <output filename>
may work (if you have the right codecs installed) but you need to know the correct url to the flash file. A lot of web sites obfuscate the url to prevent downloading. There are 2 ways I know of that would fix that. One is easy enough for dummies like me to come up with, the other is slightly more solid.
1. You can install the video download helper plugin for firefox. This will ad a button that will light up if the right file types are present.
That doesn't seem to want to work. I have it but it never shows up with any files.
2. You can clear your /tmp directory before starting and use the only .flv file in there (I do not know what subdirectory). This wil continue to work almost no matter what. The files played will have to be stored on your computer to buffer, right?
/tmp is where they are stored? I never would have thought. I kept looking in /home/kai/.mozilla folders. I'll try that.
Neil
This will dump both the video and audio streams. You can then use ffmpeg or mencoder to extract just the audio from the file and save it in whatever format you need (again, depending on what codecs you have installed).
I know of one application that has worked reliably for me to grab .flv files from web sites that hide the urls - unfortunately it is a Windoze app called Orbit Downloader. I haven't tried it under Wine yet, nor have I found a Linux equivalent (not one that works for me, anyway).
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