The said:
Thanks, I will look at your html file after work and fool around with
it.
I was just trying some test with linking video from other websites for
the
time being like
http://pw1.netcom.com/~starmaker/YT/YT3.htm
(click the embedded button)
I wasn't looking to embed my own videos right now...my problem was not
how to
embedded a video into my webpage but just the "centering problem" of the
bg image.
I am going to take the .flv down, just in case there is a problem with
having it up. However I will tell you how to get it yourself. It is not
encoded and just in your cache when you play the video so it is easy
enough to copy the cache file to somewhere else on your computer
before it is lost. Note that some of the .flv files are labeled .tmp.
You just rename them to .flv to get them to play on a flv player. That
was the case for your video.
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Now what happens if you are not given an option to download? There
often is a way. You are out of luck if the video is a true streaming
format, such as a streaming TV station and some very long videos, since
the video is not cached other than a small buffer file that keeps
getting new video and dropping video already played.
One common example is movies using flash. If you right click on a
movie, if often will tell you what kind it is.
I find Opera the most simple browser to used for saving video that has
been cached. It is a free download. A good place to start are the free
Google videos - you are out of luck for the protected pay ones. Once
you have the video playing, copy the url at the top of the screen and
stop the video. Then bring up tools and select to empty private data
which will dump the cache. If you don't dump the cache, you will have a
hard time finding the video in perhaps hundreds of cached items.Then
enter the url you copied, select the movie and start if necessary. When
the movie is completely downloaded with the download bar completely to
the right or the movie finishes, whichever comes first, minimize Opera
with the - sign at the top right of the screen. Do not turn off Opera
with the X, or you may lose the video in the cache. Next go to the
Opera cache.
Since some files on the route to the cache are hidden, you must be sure
that hidden files are shown before you use this method. You do not need
any browsers on to check this setting. On the XP: start > control panel
Appearance & Themes > Folder Options > select View Tab > Find Hidden files and folders, check show hidden files and folders, and OK. If you have to do this often, create a shortcut to the desktop to where you want to go in the cache by right clicking on the icon for it, and selecting send to desktop to create a shortcut.
Now we will go to the cache. With Opera still minimized go to
C:\documents and settings\user\application
data\opera\opera\profile\cache4(usually). Look for a video file with an
extension such as .flv(usual for flash video), .wmv, .rm, .mov, .avi,
etc. Sometimes you find the file ending in .tmp. In that case you
rename the file with the extension .flv to play it on a flv player. It
will also be a big file, usually several to many MB as shown
when you hover the cursor over the icon for it. Click the video file
icon and select to copy it where you wish. Now you can go back and turn
Opera off. The more common players such as WMP, Real, and QT will not
play a .flv. However you can download a free flv player at
http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/flv-player-updated . You
have the WMP player for formats it will play, and the Real and QT
players are free downloads if you need them.