Get Youtube Video from Firefox cache folder without download

[AkriSyndoli]

Can i just somehow keep videos i want in cache so that it plays in the browser later with no streaming?

[shyammaniify]

This genius is an Indian.

[ZarcanRadiann]

i noticed that some videos are NOT flv format but window media player CAN read them (somtime they are actually MP4 or WMV or others format, so if the media player CAN read them then just change for mp4/wmv instead of flv ... most "free" flv players are not as easy and stable as window media player is)

[merdox007]

How to get the video streamed files from the latest firefox 8 cuz the cache is arranged some what like Apple file design....

[rodrigoamazonas]

firefox 8 splitted the cache folder in thousands, so you can't sort it by size anymore (was the easiest way to save a video). And now?

[CzechRiot]

I used to be able to do it, but now Im trying on a particular page and cant find the damn video file

[smed79]

wath aboute firefox 6 ?

[DoubleVJ1]

thats legal, right?

[TheZeki78]

tank you tutorxyz ..I do not use firefox 3xxx-ie 6-7-8 .I am using firefox 4 .

Do you know where you are in Firefox 4...

[weskker]

how do it in firefox 4???

[ehough16]

i dont get it ?????????????????//

[lowdownbulldog]

80% of my YouTube videos don't get cached. Any way to fix that? (I already set my disk cache size to 15GB)

[EcstaticELYZSA]

what version of firefox?

[gupta608]

1. Win 7 Firefox cache path

C:\Users\praveen\AppData\Local­\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\7yga­o0td.default\Cache

2. Sort by date & time or size

3. Copy file to own location

4. Rename the file with “filename.flv”

5. Play with vlc or flv player

[allabout420]

Awesome. I use a download tool for my flv files but this worked for swf files, which I could not do before. Only thing was the file I wanted was not listed in the default/cache folder(which is listed in the disk cache device as the cache directory), but was in the temp/cache folder. But that could be because of mozilla updates or whatever.

[rachaelg33]

OMG I Can't Believe That Actually Works, It's Amazing, Thanks Loads & Loads & Loads For Sharing This Fantastic Trick Tip :D

[commndG]

Interesting, although it seems a very long winded way to get videos

[TheMultiduo]

i have a question,before the mozilla firefox 3.6 update,this way to donwload videos worked fine, but now i can't find the folder anymore :/ pls help me,thx in advance

[ProjectSunderGaming]

Technically you're still downloading it... Just Sayin'

[ventje5haar]

Yes thats how it works!

To find the location of the cache folder type in the adres bar of firefox: " about:cache " .

When you find the folder, make a dektop shortcut of it.

Set the folder properties to "details", and sorting by date.

The file you want is the last big file in the list.

You can copy and past the title from youtube and rename the file, and add .flv behind it.

Play the file to check it, and move it to where you want it.

[hitandrun82]

do u have to watch the whole thing first?

[CopyThoughts]

Yet another great way to look at the video download issue. Theres got to be a million approaches to downloading Youtube! But, I still tend to favor the 1-2-3 way of doing it.

Copy the URL, download in flv format, and play it with a free flv player. Short, simple and to-the-point.

I even have a tutorial built showing this process. Click on my username (top of this comment) to see how I do it.

[GrandTheftAutoUtube]

I am using firefox 3.5.7 and it workeda teat, I did it a lttle diffrent as I am o vista but thanks alot, Worked fine fro me and good video too

5/5

[ThePokerdodo]

@GrandTheftAutoUtube how did you do this on vista? help pls : )

[GrandTheftAutoUtube]

Damn, I am so sorry dude but I just got Windows 7 and I now just use software to download vids now, But i think it is the same mehod in 7 as in vista and i did it the other day so I will PM you on the instrutions

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

CACHE FOLDER lS GONE IN NEWER FIREFOX VERSIONS. l HAVE MOZILLA FIREFOX 5.0 AND ONLY SEE "OFFLINE "CACHE" , "URLCASSIFIER3.SQLITE" , "XPC.MFL" , AND "XUL.MFL". lM THINKING ABOUT UPGRADING TO 4.0 SINCE l CAN DO MORE WITH IT OR RATHER WHATS IMPORTANT AND WHAT I WANT AS OPPOSED TO 5.0 SINCE THERES NO SETTING TO GET FIREFOX BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE.

[Salt7kum]

wow nice

actually i have the software to download but ur way is without any tools and done

great great

Thanks

[amoose77]

cool :D thx a thousand times, mate!

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

BECAUSE YOU DOWNLOADED lT. YOU DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING. DOWNLOADING IS ONLY RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM "THE INTERNET" (MANY OTHER PEOPLES COMPUTERS NETWORKS AND SERVERS). UPLOADING INFORMATION IS SENDING INFORMATION TO THESE OTHER PEOPLES COMPUTERS NETWORKS AND SERVERS. UPLOAD'D.

[msfrancesca101]

what extension to watch something on Windows Media Player?

[dan7monster7ger]

what a sexy girl

[AndreasDornerfan]

does anyone know how to use this method for myspace music?

[NotonlyMusik]

Hi! You can't download myspace music using this way, because in myspace, the music doesn't save in your cache, it uses a different method, called Streaming (google it).

The only way to save myspace music is recording it with a software while it is reproducing (I´ve done it, with good results). Also, there are some softwares to save streaming archives, but I think that it doesn't worth.

Good luck!

[AndreasDornerfan]

it workz!!!!

yes ftw!

[SmokinPandah]

Good method

Better way since you're much less likely to download a virus.

All videos that buffer are saved as a cache.

Only streams are not.

[bvonzeppelin]

Thanks tutorxyz, your way works much better. I can VERY QUICKLY sort all them files by size and it QUICKLY becomes obvious which are my flv's. And, in case you haven't covered it. I copied pasted them into folder on desktop. Highlight them all... and then.. hold down the shift key and right click on any one of them, and add the *.flv to the end of that file.. it will rename them all to flv's. Thanks again.

[zephyrjyou]

"about:cache" is the pro way of saving vids down, but this video is showing you the long way, you can just type in "about:cache" and copy the Cache Directory underneath the 2nd heading "Disk cache device" into the windows address bar.

Also, does anyone know the reason why some files which are taken from cache don't work? E.g. I rename it ".flv", yeah, then when I try to open it with MPC, it says something about "codec..." and when I try open it with vlc it plays the bar with no sound/media?

[Slav4o911]

You need K-Lite Codec Pack. I don't have any problem to play the .flv files.

[zephyrjyou]

Thanks.

[bvonzeppelin]

you sound a bit haughty about it. it works, about cache thing. but DAMN who's got time to READ all that crap. humble yourself, and thank the poster here. your way sux

[bvonzeppelin]

this was re: to

zephyrjyou

[justfourdudes]

Does this work for Hulu?

[chrisworld2]

Nope, Hulu dosen't cache their stuff onto your hard drive like youtube.

[111up111]

Nice Stuff...thanks for sharing

[nonodonoin]

i don't get it

[METALIST1989]

Thank you

[Sandett]

yea,thx

[Australii]

exellent .. thanks a lot

[ploD1]

it's easy with firefox Download Helper plug in you can download from firefox site and come to youtube watch any video you want then click on the icon next to the address bar selec the video you watched then download video in one second no matter what size of the video is and also sort the video in any folder you want like normal downloding :)))

[blondebo5]

typing in about:cache is the way to do that quickly in firefox and chrome. In ie7 it is tools-settings-veiw files. The bad thing about downloading videos through the cache is that you need an flv converter if you want to put it on a dvd or edit it in movie maker.

[AmbientEmbrace]

how do you download cache from previous days or is that possible?

[zakirvakil]

Good one, You can also open the cache folder by typing "about:cache" in firefox address bar. copy the first link and paste to windows address bar.

[Tonny4321]

tnx man

[AAAshishSingh]

Thanks for uploading this but i watched some videos but they are not in cache folder so how can i download them ?

i tried 2 times ...

[K4tz]

Massive help, thanks a lot.

[CLACASHACK]

OMG THANKS HEAPS MAN HONESTLY

I DIDNT WANT TO LIKE DOWNLOAD ANY SOFTWARE SO YEAH THANKS!!!!!!

lol thanks thanks thanks and thanks again

[0noureddine0]

you can do it with internet expolrer 7

[beatboxer04]

*favorited*

[rangepker781]

wtf i dont know how u got there...

[marsmanind]

thanks man

[MR62C72]

tnx! pls. check out my vids!