Linux Tutorial: Saving Flash Videos to Hardrive

[IICODNERD]

It didn't let me play vid on firefox

[rizlmilk]

@IICODNERD Do you have flash installed?

[jamoes95ta]

Nice little tip here bud.. thanx!

[akivi622]

what the heck is the tmp folder?

[rizlmilk]

Internet browsers use it to temporarily store files you stream. (like music and video)

[xxSwAmPxx]

interesting :) Thanks

[rizlmilk]

You're very welcome.

[viking1au]

The volume is poor.

[kittychowder]

Sorry. I culdnt catch that. How could you save a vid?

My volume was on max and i sorta couldnt see anything.

[rizlmilk]

Go to your /tmp folder and find the Flash file. Then just copy the file to your desktop. That's it.

[GalacticGuardian]

Yeah, easiest thing in the world to do.

[Inuyashamakoto]

i cant find navigate on my "computer" :( dosent it pop up right away?

[Ezcut]

Pwnd!

[fractal420]

Can you make a video on how to convert the flash file to other movie formats? I'd like to be able to create some to DVD (NTSC preferably) to watch on my TV.

Thanks!

[rizlmilk]

I will make that my next video.

I'll include Avidemux (graphical) and ffmpeg (command line).

[sortbane]

If you want to do this the CLI way... (in terminal)

cd /tmp

ls

cp Flashblablabla ~/Desktop/filename.flv

Basicly you change folder to /tmp, list the files, then copies the file named Flash(something) and renames it with the extension .flv to your desktop..

[rizlmilk]

I prefer using a GUI because I usually watch multiple YouTube videos at once, and the file names that are given aren't descriptive at all. That's where the screenshot the file manager shows comes in handy.

But sortbane is also right.

[sanozxxx]

thanx i m thankful

[walterhemp]

Hi. I followed your suggestions. However the video saved does not have any audio. Can you suggest something to fix this? I'm new to Linux. Thanks.

[rizlmilk]

I'm not sure why that would happen. You could always try the "Download Embedded" Firefox add-on. That might work better for you.

[rizlmilk]

Sorry about that, my future videos will be more audible.

[peppoj]

OMG, how could i have missed that! It's so obvious! Thanks!

[rizlmilk]

This is an alternative to the add-on you mentioned.

I don't understand why you wouldn't want to access the files through the GUI. I used the GUI in this video because it is what many new Linux users would prefer, and it is easier to see which file you want to save with the preview images. (In case you have multiple flash files open at once)

If there is some reason why accessing the tmp folder would be more safe through the terminal please elaborate, I would like to know.