Need help saving a youtube.com vid

[loff]

I might've asked before, but I'll give it another shot if I have. http://www.youtube.com/?v=BHShDvdRap4 <-- I love that vid and wanna save it to my hd. Obviously I can't just right click on it, and I was unable to find anything of use in the sourcecode (could've overlooked something, I'm not that great... yet..). Please help me out here.

[YCZ]

I would also want the answer for this. They did that to prevent download just like video.googe.com. I also tried flash saver but it just save the flash player but not the content.

[Tim]

http://www.youtube.com/v/BHShDvdRap4

That's the direct link. I don't know how to get save it from there, because it streams from somewhere else through a flash (*.swf) file.

Eh, maybe someone else can help.

[staos]

there was an article yesterday where you could download a firefox extension and you could configure firefox to save the video into .flv. It not a swf file. I tried it and it works fine.

You also need a flv player to save though. The same method work for google video as well.

[YCZ]

Where is this extension u speak?

[staos]

You have to install the greasemonkey extension and install a script. I will have to get back to you on the link because I have to look for it.

And I meant you need a flv player to watch the video, not to save.

EDIT: Okay heres the link
http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/archives/2005/11/greased_google.php

[loff]

Awesome, that did actually work, thanks a ton! haha : d

With your permission, I'd like to share this with some friends of mine with the same problem :)

[staos]

Im glad you liked it but its not my guide. I got it from digg so do whatever you want with it.

[YCZ]

The google one is useless now, and i tried the youtube one, i saved it but it is in some microsfot picture it form. What can i use to open it?
And all videos are named get-video.php for some reason.

[staos]

Goggle allows you to download now. I guess it was in response to the discovery. And to save from youtube, you have to change the php to flv. You need a flv player to watch it. Just google flv player and you could find a free one.

[YCZ]

Ty man i finally figured it out.
I also noticed that when u download from video.google.com u just download a short cut to stream it on google player but not as a real file.

[staos]

Screw the google script. Just use this website to download google video files. Just paste the webaddress of the google video and it will decode the link giving you a download link which you save in flv format too.

http://dev2.traxio.net/projects/googlevideo/

[YCZ]

Wo sweet! Thanks again, you always surprise me with these kind of crazy stuffs. :bounce:

[loff]

Choose Ipod or PSP and you'll get it in .mp4 format.

[YCZ]

Now i need help finding a free flv to video converter.
Tried 2 but both tagged the video with big text "trial version" so annoying=_=....

[loff]

If you find one, please lemme know =)

[YCZ]

Total video converter works, but it tags with annoying text. Tried about 5 different converters.
They either have no audo or no video or doesn't work at all.
http://www.filehungry.com/english/product/windows_software/multimedia_&_graphics/multi-purpose_video_players/total_video_converter
Anyone has better solution plz post here.

[staos]

I use flv player 1.3.2
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/WEB-Design/Flash/FLV-Player.shtml
or
http://www.download.com/FLV-Player/3000-2139_4-10467082.html

Its free and it works
It might be a little bareboned in the menus but if all you want to do is play flv, its perfect.

Edit: Try to see if vlc player will play it first. Im not sure if its because I already downloaded and installed the flv player but the movies work on vlc too.