Thursday, February 24, 2011

How to Capture and Save a Flash Video


  1. Open and play the video in Safari.
  2. Copy the video file from its saved location in /private/var/folders/ and give it a .flv extension. The file will be in location with randomly chosen directory names, e.g., /private/var/folders/Lb/Lbis5JtsGb0VIR-vYYdZ4E+++TI/TemporaryItems/FlashTmp0.
    $ sudo find /private/var/folders -name 'FlashTmp*'

    /private/var/folders/Lb/Lbis5JtsGb0VIR-vYYdZ4E+++TI/TemporaryItems/FlashTmp0

    $ sudo cp /private/var/folders/Lb/Lbis5JtsGb0VIR-vYYdZ4E+++TI/TemporaryItems/FlashTmp0 ~/Desktop/movie.flv
    $ sudo chmod 644 ~/Desktop/movie.flv

  3. Open the movie with your favorite player (I've used VLC and had it work).

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