Where are streaming videos cached?

glen

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I am at my parent's house, on dial up.
I can't watch the movie trailer stream, but once it is finished, it should be ain a cache somewhere, right?
Can't I find it and rename it and then I can play it as a normal movie?
 

glen

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I think a new Harry Potter trailer is out.
I am trying to get to the web page, but on a dial up it is taking forever just to browse to the page.
 

Twista

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Originally posted by: glen
I think a new Harry Potter trailer is out.
I am trying to get to the web page, but on a dial up it is taking forever just to browse to the page.

you just ruined any help you were going to get here.
sign off aol.
 

glen

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Originally posted by: Twista
Originally posted by: glen
I think a new Harry Potter trailer is out.
I am trying to get to the web page, but on a dial up it is taking forever just to browse to the page.

you just ruined any help you were going to get here.
sign off aol.

You do realize no one can sign on here using AOL?
 

TheBoyBlunder

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First, you'll have to set quicktime to "save movies in disk cache". That's easy enough...get a quicktime window open in your browser and click on the down triangle button on the right side of the window. In the new window that pops open, choose "Save movies in disk cache".

Now...assuming you're on Windows XP, it should be in C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Local Setings\Temporary Internet Files. Assuming it's a quicktime file, you'll have to sort the files by type and view each quicktime file until you find the movie. Local settings is a hidden folder, so you may have to turn that option on. In an explorer window, tools->folder options->view->show hidden files and folders.
 

fredtam

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Also there are many small programs that allow for the recording of streaming video to a file.
I know it is not what you wanted but it is an option.
 

ElFenix

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just watched the trailer... hermione is gonna be hot...wonder if anyone has made a page counting down to when she turns 18?
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
just watched the trailer... hermione is gonna be hot...wonder if anyone has made a page counting down to when she turns 18?
Actually, I think there is.
 

ndee

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
just watched the trailer... hermione is gonna be hot...wonder if anyone has made a page counting down to when she turns 18?

There is a page. And no, you don't want to visit that page, that dude is a crack-head.