Flash Video Encoding

[sventvkg]

It seems to be subpar in that it doesn't buffer or load. It only plays real time and seem to stop and rebuffer every few seconds. I have the fastest DSL available up here and it still does that. If you pause the video it just stops. Doesn't continue to load so you can watch it uniterupted. Am I doing something wrong or does anyone have any suggestions?

[venkiee]

1. Saving Flash files from Firefox

Firefox for Newbies
a. Click Tools - Page Info
b. Click the Media Tab on the Page Info Windows
c. The media tab has a complete list (with preview) of Images, CSS Files and Shockwave Flash files that were downloaded by the Firefox browser while rendering (loading) the page.
d. Scroll down the list and locate the swf file.
e. Click the "Save As" button. Select some directory on your hard drive and save the file (No need for a third-party plug-in)

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2. How to save flash in IE browser

a. Click Tools - Internet Options
b. In the General Tab, click the Settings button available in the Temporary Internet Files group.
c. Click View Files to open your Temporary Internet Files folder. Depending upon your IE settings, the Temp. folder can contain tens of thousands of files.
d. Click View - Details. Now click View - Arrange Icons By - Internet Address. Depending upon the webpage, there could one or more Flash files (Shockwave Flash Object) under the Inernet Address.
e. Once you find the right flash file, right-click and choose Copy. Then paste the swf file in any other directory. Be sure to
keep the page and IE open to avoid purging of the cache file.

For newbies, I suggest the following approaches:
1. Get a download accelerator like Flashget and tell it to automatically download the shockwave extention (*.swf)
2. Or download a free IE plug-in for saving flash files.


:thu:

[ihateyouguys]

do you get the control bar when you mouseover the video? If you do you may want to try pausing it and letting it get into the cache a bit.

And do you know what version of flash you have?

[Anderton]

I don't have that problem here, and I have pretty slow DSL. The files are quite small. HOWEVER, I did encounter the same problem you describe when I was trying to play them at the Hilton in Anaheim. But everyone was complaining about the Hilton's flaky net service, so who knows?

[venkiee]

I don't have that problem here, and I have pretty slow DSL. The files are quite small. HOWEVER, I did encounter the same problem you describe when I was trying to play them at the Hilton in Anaheim. But everyone was complaining about the Hilton's flaky net service, so who knows?

Craig,

You can rip the flash files as I mentioned above and can view offline any time. Very useful...:D