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Youtube has been a revelation for the internet. Now we can find videos on demand for almost every subject. However, as the old saying goes, what goes up must come down Ever enjoyed a video and wondered why it’s no longer available?

There’s two very easy ways to download from streaming media, including youtube, yahoo  and google video. First, the more commonly used way, if you use Firefox, there is a v- download plug in available at https://addons.mozilla.org/cs/firefox/addon/4318  The page there tells you where to go to convert files to flash format if you need to.

However, a lesser known technique when using internet explorer is equally simple. The video’s actually do download anyway, it’s just that they are stored in temporary internet files, and later get deleted. So, first, clear your temporary files by going to (in IE) tools>internet options, delete files. Then close the browser. Now open it again. Go to the page on youtube (for example) and let the video play. Then go again to tools>internet options>view files, then click type.

Now, scroll down the long list of files, looking for a file which is much bigger than the others, over 1000KB in size. That type of file will actually be a flash video file, but not shown as such. It will say “getvideo” and youtube will be stated. Right click this file, select copy, then paste it into the desktop. At this point it will be unknown file type. Now hit F2 (rename) and rename the file eg. video.flv. Making sure that your computer does NOT hide file extensions. As long as you have the file name ending .flv you now have a fully downloaded flash video, which if you have file conversion you can convert to another file type if you wish to

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