Re: saving to usb external drive

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cwdjrxyz wrote:
Wayne Veale wrote:
I have wmp 11. how do i tell it where to put my video from the internet? I
want to put it on a usb external drive.

When the USB external drive is connected to a XP OS computer, the
computer automatically gives it a name. Go to start > MyComputer. You
will see an icon for your main internal drive, often C, icons for you
CD/DVD drives, and an icon for the new USB external HD, in my case F.
Now double click the new external drive and select to add a new file
which you might call video. You might want to double click that video
file and create new files in it such as MusicVideo/MovieTrailers, or
whatever. Say you want to download and store in your MusicVideo file.
When the download screen asks you for where to download, you would
browse to F:\video\MusicVideo in my case and select that for where to
store the downloaded video.

If you are starting with a brand new external drive, some formatting
and setup of it may be needed before it is ready for use. Instructions
should come with the HD telling you what is needed and how to do it.

Now what happens if you are not given an option to download? There
often is a way. You are out of luck if the video is a true streaming
format, such as a streaming TV station and some very long videos, since
the video is not cached other than a small buffer file that keeps
getting new video and dropping video already played.

One common example is movies using flash. If you right click on a
movie, if often will tell you what kind it is.

I find Opera the most simple browser to used for saving video that has
been cached. It is a free download. A good place to start are the free
Google videos - you are out of luck for the protectec pay ones. Once
you have the video playing, copy the url at the top of the screen and
stop the video. Then bring up tools and select to empty private data
which will dump the cache. If you don't dump the cache, you will have a
hard time finding the video in perhaps hundreds of cached items.Then
enter the url you copied, select the movie and start if necessary. When
the movie is completely downloaded with the download bar completely to
the right or the movie finishes, whichever comes first, minimize Opera
with the - sign at the top right of the screen. Do not turn off Opera
with the X, or you may lose the video in the cache. Next go to the
Opera cache.

Since some files on the route to the cache are hidden, you must be sure
that hidden files are shown before you use this method. You do not need
any browsers on to check this setting. On the XP: start > control panel
Appearance & Themes > Folder Options > select View Tab > Find Hidden files and folders, check show hidden files and folders, and OK. If you have to do this often, create a shortcut to the desktop to where you want to go in the pera cache by right clicking on the icon for it, and selecting send to desktop to create a shortcut.

Now we will go to the cache. With Opera still minimized go to
C:\documents and settings\user\application
data\opera\opera\profile\cache4(usually). Look for a video file with an
extension such as .flv(usual for flash video), .wmv, .rm, .mov, .avi,
etc. It will also be a big file, usually several to many MB as shown
when you hover the cursor over the icon for it. Click the video file
icon and select to copy it where you wish. Now you can go back and turn
Opera off. The more common players such as WMP, Real, and QT will not
play a .flv. However you can download a free flv player at
http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/flv-player-updated . You
have the WMP player for formats it will play, and the Real and QT
players are free downloads if you need them.

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