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Saving flv from Firefox cache using bash scripting

November 11th, 2007 5 comments

A few months ago I wrote a tutorial about how to save flv files using python scripting.
That wasn’t so much nerdy so I feel something inside me, like a voice telling out loud: “You can do it in a better nerdy way! I know you can!”
It/She/He was right.

Forget it (if you don’t like python) and see below:

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Save your Firefox cache flv files (Macromedia Flash Video)

October 23rd, 2007 4 comments

Today we will see how to save your flv taken from your Firefox cache. Due to using some specific console commands this tutorial is useful only for a Unix-like system, not for Windows. I’m sorry P
Before starting let’s say there are tools, like Clive or Videodownload (firefox plugin), made for similar purpose but they work in a different way:

  • they works on specific sites only (like Youtube), and that’s a problem because some sites are not supported
  • If you have some bandwith limit issue, Clive and Videodownload force you to re-download the video

Especially the second point, to me, it’s a problem because I use an UMTS connection and it works using a limited bandwith per month and generally a flv file consumes some MBs.
Let’s see my way.
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