Re: [gentoo-user] How can I capture this video?

[Mick]

On Monday 08 December 2008, Andrey Falko wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is there a way to capture a flash video like the one shown in this link?
> >
> > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/60minutes/main4650223.shtml
> >
> > or this?
> >
> > http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4653109n
> >
> > Unlike e.g. youtube I don't find a Flash file in my /tmp.  The idea is
> > that I
> > want to be able to save the video on my drive so that I can watch it when
> > I am offline.  Any applications/tricks/ideas?
>
> I can't speak for what encoder cbsnews is using, but two things:
>
> 1) You can encode into flv using ffmpeg from just about any format you can
> imagine. Just google your input video format, ffmpeg, and flv. For example:
> "mov to flv using ffmpeg"
>
> 2) If you want to watch youtube videos offline, just use this web tool or
> use google to find a million alternatives: keepvid.com.

Thank you for your answers.  youtube uses flv files which are listed in /tmp 
and can be saved.  CBS probably uses some DRM trick because the files are not 
shown anywhere - I've checked in real time in /tmp and in Opera's cache 
files.  Nothing visible is shown there.  :-(
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Regards,
Mick