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Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
Ah! They have changed the way the Serenity trailer is played. Last time I tried, it opened in iTunes and the .qtch cache file that was saved was unplayable in any application (at my skill level.)
Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
Here's an easier way.
This will save the movie to your Home directory, or whatever directory the shell is currently in.---
Not so fast...
Downloading the URL http://images.apple.com/movies/lionsgate/high_tension/high_tension-tlr_480.mov gives me a file that's a whopping 264 bytes. This points to the streamed content, so downlading it doesn't make the content available for offline play. Using the original hint downloads the stream and does make it available for offline viewing.
Not so fast...
Last time I tried this, I was able to open the ref movie file in a hex editor and copy the url from the ascii display.
Not so fast...
Here is some rough code to extract the url and download the real movie from the 264 byte file. It is rough, very little error checking and it could have problems i have not thought of. but it does work for the link in the parrent.
Just copy the url to the clip board and run this applescript, it should take care of the rest. ---
Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
Prior to Tiger, the only effective way I'd found to figure out the exact link to the full movie was by using a packet sniffer like 'tcpflow' (not included) and running it while you load the movie.
Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
I got around this. Let me have a minute to post instructions. While I am, get tcpflow from here: http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/#tcpflow You will need it.
Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
Alright...
I use this for getting music videos off iTunes now that all the files end up as .qtch files. Anyway...
Install tcpflow, there is a Mac OS X binary, so it is no hassle. Get iTunes ready to play the video (at the page where it says Small or Large). Run the following code and then immediately start downloading the movie. Then stop the movie by hitting the back button in iTunes. I am using an Airport, so you may have to change the en1 to an en0 if you are directly connected.
A few files will have been created in your working directory, now we have to go find the good bits. The file names are based on the originating and destination IP addresses, so find the one going from your computer to Apple's servers. There may be a few files. Open them in TextEdit and find the one that says something like
The host is also stated lower in the file. In this case it was
So, to get this music video, just go to
(I blacked out some of the numbers, so it can't be directly linked. Do it yourself) Ask any questions if you have them.
Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
turnerm5, that's a really useful hint. After playing with the method you described, I realized that there's a way to get the domain name and URL path without having tcpflow create a bunch of output files to rummage through.
Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
Hey thanks, I was planning to do it all in one line, just never got around to it. Saved me the time!
Save QuickTime 7 movies to disk
maybe it is better if it is kept difficult... that way this way won't be plugged in the next version of iTunes.... |
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