[X4U] Save WMP video

Paul Moortgat paul.moortgat at pandora.be
Wed Jul 6 05:19:26 PDT 2005


Works wonderfull.  Thanks guys.

Paul Moortgat

On 06 Jul 2005, at 13:17, Stroller wrote:

>
> On Jul 6, 2005, at 11:55 am, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>
>> I would like to save the file from http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/ 
>> ~panugant/downloads/chineese.wmv
>> It's a nice show and I want to keep it.
>>
>
> Erm... and? If I click on that link it downloads the .wmv file to  
> my desktop. I have OmniWeb set as my defalt browser, but would have  
> thought that Safari would do the same thing.
>
> Windows Media Files are usually self-contained, so I think you can  
> store the downloaded movie wherever you want. Certainly, I can  
> double-click on the chineese.wmv file on my desktop and play & skip  
> through the movie.
>
> In case Safari _does_ behave differently, open a terminal & type  
> `curl -O http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~panugant/downloads/ 
> chineese.wmv` (without the quotes). The movie will be saved in your  
> current working directory.
>
> Stroller.
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