On 8 Jun 2009 08:19:37 GMT, John Stumbles wrote:

On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:11:58 +0100, andrew wrote:

I would like to know how to snatch this video in case it is allowable as
a pts training video.

When I want to grab a copy of a flash video I keep my browser on the page
with the video in it (as if I were going to play it again) and look in my
temporary directory for the saved copy of the file. On my Linux systsem
that's easy: it's in /tmp and usually called FlashXYZABC or something
obvious like that, and also has a very recent timestamp. Then I copy that
to where I want it and convert it if I want to, to say divx avi with a
utility called flv2avi which I found somewhere but it's just a wrapper for
ffmpeg or mencoder (I forget which).

In windoze you'd have to look somewhere under C:\Documents and
Settiings\Temporary ... something or other. But the file converters should
be available for windows too.

If I wanted those sort of videos, I'd use portable Opera on a USB stick. It
puts a folder on to C:\Documents and Settiings\Temporary ... but wipes it
on exit, then use Eraser to overwrite the empty space. Opera'a cached files
don't have 'real' names or any extension anyway. Then there's OperaTor
Portable for the really paranoid/guilty.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.