How do you save a copy of internet video to your hard drive?

Question

Doing a multi-media presentation and this would be helpful.

Answer 1

i'll show you a trick to copy that internet video and save it, even there is no "download" button on that website.

First, play that video like the way you normally do, then while it's playing, click Tools (on top), select Internet Options, then Settings, View Files. Your Temp folder will be display, with all the chunk in it, don't try to delete them, but instead, wait untill the video has finished, click the File size (column title) to let it sorts from large to small size (arrow point down), most video files are big, so by sorting from large file size to small, you'll put the largest one on top, so you can see it better, then look the the Name column, look for that video file, drag it to your My Document folder (make sure, you pre-open the folder tree window ahead (by clicking Folders icon on top)).

That's there to it. Go to My Document, and try to play that video again, if it's the right one, you have saved that video.

Goodluck

Answer 2

Can you be a little more specific? A lot depends upon the type of file and site. for example is it a streaming video that runs when you click on the site or does it play or download it into a program like Windows media player?
If it downloads just click save to a folder or make in documents or your desktop. The folder can be made after the fact just remember where you downloaded it too.

Answer 3

You can save many file types by right clicking on the link to the media and choosing save target then just accept the file with its name or give it a new name and the location you want to save it to on your computer.

Answer 4

Right-click, save target as, then save it to anywhere you can remember, some flash media windows wont allow you to save movies by right clicking on it, then your SOL and i apologize, unless there is a way to do it. That information i don't have yet. Goodluck

Answer 5

There are several utilities to do it, especially for flash based video sites like youtube. See this link for instructions:
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/best_of_youtube/2006/02/how_to_download_and_save_youtu.html