[X4U] Save .mov files

[Ean Kingston]

>
>> Well, by going there,
>>
>> http://www.dancebeatinternational.com/usdsc/09082200.mov

Excuse my replying to myself but I'm on lunch and decided to look at that
'stream'. It is an ordinary Quicktime movie file. I was able to download
it fine with Firefox (on Windows). I just went to the site and chose 'Save
Page As' from the file menu.

>>
>> I can see from the swirling arrow that it is in fact a stream, not a
>> single file for download.  I have no experience downloading a stream to
>> the computer so that you end up with an intact movie file.  Someone
>> here mentioned ffmpeg and someone else mentioned mplayer.  Methinks I'm
>> out on this one.
>
> Actually, the same person mentioned both. ffmpeg lets you mangle video
> file format (like convert the audio in .avi files so they will play in
> quicktime) and mplayer plays video files (and streaming video). mplayer
> also lets you save the video stream during playback. That way you have a
> file.
>
> When I get home this evening I will see if I can save the stream you
> mentioned.
>
>> On Apr 26, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Neil wrote:
>>
>>> By the way, I viewed the page source and found this line:
>>>
>>>> <embed src="video/connect.mov" width="128" height="32"
>>>> autoplay="true" controller="false"
>>>> pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"
>>>> href="http://www.dancebeatinternational.com/usdsc/09082200.mov"
>>>> target="quicktimeplayer">
>>>>                          </object></div>
>>>>                  </td>
>>>>
>>>>
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