[Greasemonkey] Correct Script

[Matt Sargent]

Quick and dirty method for grabbing streaming video. 
Clear your cache.
Play the video.
Look in the cache directory for a big file.

Works for me 95% of the time.

On 29 Apr 2006 at 3:20, Bill Donnelly wrote:

> If it is a direct link, unembed only works if it is embedded in an
> HTML document. (I don't know if you are using my unembed script, or
> someone else's:
> http://www.snowcrest.net/donnelly/firefox/gmscripts/unembed2.user.js )
> 
> I went to http://wilcoworld.net/roadcase/ and get a link there, but,
> when I download it, it downloads a ~3K file instead of the media file.
> I'm guessing this is what you're getting, too. (?)
> 
> Try this:
> 
> http://web-sniffer.net/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwilcoworld.net%2Froadcase%2Fj
> efftweedy_022506_ref.mov&submit=Submit&http=1.1&gzip=yes&type=GET&ua=M
> ozilla%2F5.0+%28Windows%3B+U%3B+Win+9x+4.90%3B+en-US%3B+rv%3A1.8.0.2%2
> 9+Gecko%2F20060308+Firefox%2F1.5.0.2+Web-Sniffer%2F1.0.24
> 
> I'm not sure exactly what it is downloading. It almost looks like some
> sort of an auto-play redirection file. (?) Kind of like a Windows
> Media .asx sort of thing. But apparently "encrypted" in some binary
> format rather than plain text. Probably some Quicktime weirdness of
> some sort.
> 
> It looks like it may be redirecting to
> 
> rtsp://a598.q.kamai.net/3/598/1426/440ccce4/1a1a1aff6ee44db22553c438ae
> dc3dad1d89ee1c7fee5b8af766dc45aa1d4cc32c98fb6a990b7ff26291fb60c62ca017
> 7ce145be/022506_100.mov
> 
> which is Real Player, but I'm not sure about that. (the redirection
> thing) It seems to be playing in the Quicktime player, though.
> 
> Anyway, either it's a purposeful "protection scheme", or just working
> out that way.
> 
> So it isn't a Gm thing. Or a GmScript thing. Or probably even a
> Firefox thing.
> 
> I'm not sure what else you can try other than what you probably have.
> 
> 
> Dan Snow wrote:
>  > I currently have the unembed script with greasemonkey. There is a
> .mov quicktime file that i would like to take off a website and put it
> on a cd except there is one problem i can save the file but it brings
> me up to a live stream-type kind of file. The file plays what i want
> but is less than 100k? is this streaming audio and/or how can i
> extract it? The website for the .mov file is
> http://wilcoworld.net/roadcase/jefftweedy_022506_ref.mov any help
> would be extremely appreciated
>  > -Dan
> 
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