Saving Youtube Videos

[Boba_Fett_123]

Okay, so I follow these instructions, but all that happens is that when I try to save it as .flv, Firefox saves it as video.flv.htm. So, how do I make Firefox not do that?

 

[Mixairian]

It can only be saved as FLV format. You either need an FLV player or you have to convert it.

 

[Boba_Fett_123]

Yeah, but it doesn't save it as .flv. It saves it as "filename.flv".htm, which my Flash player doesn't recognize.

 

[Mixairian]

Then rename it and get rid of the .htm...

As long as the file type is .flv at its core, the .whatever name doesn't matter. Then again I am assuming you are saving these correctly. If you're ending up with an html file (one that opens in Explorer or Firefox), then you're not following directions.

 

[Boba_Fett_123]

Okay, here's what I'm doing.

1. Copy paste the URL.
2. Click "download".
3. Right click, "save link as..."
4. what's in there is simply "get_video". I rename it "video.flv". there's no option to change the type of file
5. Firefox automatically begins downloading it as "video.flv.htm". Tell me what direction I'm not following.

 

[Mixairian]

Don't rename it. Save it with the name it gives you and rename it afterwards.