HOW TO: Save nearly any multimedia file in your web browser to your hard drive

HOW TO: Save nearly any multimedia file in your web browser to your hard drive

Images-104 Ever wanted to save that video or flash animation that you found on the web to your hard drive? Well, if you’re using Mozilla Firefox, it’s actually pretty easy. This tutorial will not work with anything streamed or encapsulated (e.g., streaming videos and quicktime trailers like on trailers.apple.com). Capturing those is beyond the scope of this howto [via] Link.

4 thoughts on “HOW TO: Save nearly any multimedia file in your web browser to your hard drive

  1. marvin42 says:

    I’ve written a tutorial about “downloading streaming real audio files and converting them into mp3 files” read it here:
    http://swen.antville.org/stories/735413/

    Swen

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