[MacDV] Re: Downloading Protected Files

[Filipp Lepalaan]

This might seem alittle hard core, but:
Unless the file is being streamed (ie a Keynote)
a method that always works in OS X is:
1) View source of the page that has the movie
2) search for ".mov"
3) Select the URL
4) Open Terminal
5) "cd Desktop" (or wherever you want the file)
6) Type "curl -O <cmd> -V
7) Wait for it to download.
8) Open in Quicktime Player.

But let's make this more interesting. Say you want *all* of the .mov
and .gif files with the word "Steve" somewhere in the filename, but
not the .mpeg's off of a certain site:
1) Install wget (either with fink or from
http://macosx.forked.net)
2) Fire up Terminal
3) "cd Desktop" (or wherever you want the files to appear, a new directory
will be created and the files will be placed neatly in the same hierarchy as
on the page)
3) Type "/sw/bin/wget -r -H -l5 --no-parent -A.gif,mov,*steve*" -R.mpeg
http://host/dir/ "

Further info: http://www.gnu.org/manual/wget/html_mono/wget.html


Hopefully this was helpful / interesting.

cheers,
filipp


On 6/22/03 4:51 PM, "ShirleyK" <ShirleyKat at cox.net> wrote:

> This came up in our user group and someone mentioned using Save As in
> Internet Explorer. I didn't get that to work, but have had success with
> right-clicking the movie link and choosing Download Link to Disk. I
> don't know if the movies were supposed to be protected, but the little
> triangle was not there. I was saving tutorials from dvgarage. Since the
> page is titled Tech TV Download Files, I assume they meant for you to
> download them. I just didn't know how without that little menu in
> QuickTime Pro.
> 
> http://www.dvgarage.com/garage/break/techtv/techtv.php
> 
> Shirley
> 
> 
> On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 02:41  PM, William Hofius wrote:
> 
>> First, you want to configure QuickTime to save downloaded movies in a
>> cache file.
>> 
>> Second, you want to use Netscape, Mozilla, Pheonix, or Camino to view
>> the movie.
>> 
>> Third, download "PathFinder" (sorry, I don't have a link) and use this
>> to navigate your way to the profiles folder for the application. You
>> should find your QuickTime movie there.
> 
> 
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