Having trouble saving CBSNews video...

[PeterB]

Here's the link: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6142585n

... can't seem to find the flv in Safari's activity window. Any ideas? TiA

[PeterB]

Oh, and while we're on the subject ... is there a way to bulk-download videos on YouTube, like someone's playlist?

I've routinely used keepvid.com, but it seems like it's no longer working even for single videos...

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Seacrest came to the rescue the last time someone asked a question like this but it does not work on the CBS page. Neither does Real player, it just downloads the advertisement before the desired video.

[Speedy]

PeterB:

First remove my asterisks.

I could open this in Quicktime 7: File -> Open URL... :

http:/*/mediasd.cbsnews.com/media/2010/01/26/es_ashton_126_1000.mp4

I have QT Pro but I couldn't save the actual movie, only a reference movie.

You can play a .flv file saved to your hard drive using VLC by first copying this URL in Safari's address bar:

http:/*/mediasd.cbsnews.com/media/2010/01/26/es_ashton_126_418.flv

hit Return, then it should open as text in a Safari window, give it time to download in the Safari window because the video is 6.7 MBs, then File -> Save. Don't allow Safari to add the .txt suffix when asked. (Kudos to Winston.) It should have a .flv suffix when saved. Play that file with VLC.

BTW, I went to the page you referenced, then I grabbed the above URL's from Safari -> Window -> Activity, then selecting all and copying the contents to TextEdit where I could more easily get the URL's.

[PeterB]

Thanks Speedy, that worked like a charm...

Now I just found another video, same problem:

http://news.discovery.com/videos/human-h...-says.html

... I didn't see anything in the Activity window for this...

[Speedy]

Nor did I. You may want to invest in something like Snapz Pro:

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/