Vdownloader will put a temporary file in the same directory your specify
for
the output file. The tempory file has no file extension and after the
download is complete, vdownloader will then convert the downloaded
temporary
file to the requested format. When that is finished, the temporary file is
automatically deleted. Here comes the sleight of hand now. The temporary
file was about 700meg (don't try this without broadband) and while it was
converting, I copied it and pasted a copy. Since the download came from
the
divx.com site, was a no brainer to rename the copy with a .divx extension.
This plays with Nero showtime or Windows Media Player (as long as you get
the free divx codec from www.divx.com ). This at least left me with a
stable
copy of the show in divx format.
Just as a figure of merrit, the original divx was 700meg, Mpeg was 1.5gig
and an avi format was 2.5gig.
For video from youtube or google video, the native filetype is usually
.flv
(flash video).
"Oppie" <boppie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:_%pYi.4325$sN.2218@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I was a bit premature...
> Found the scrapheap mega challenge locomotive special
>
http://stage6.divx.com/jyw-shc/video/1394790/Scrapheap-Mega-Challenge---The-Locomotives-Special
>
> You can watch either on the tube (can't seem to save though) or use a
> handy tool called vdownloader from www.vdownloader.es to make a local
> copy.
>
> After you install the tool, you can set the options of what format you
> want the file saved in and paste most any website containing video into
> the window. It will download the file and save in the requested format.
> This is seems to work on the above link as well as youtube and google
> video pages - both of which do not easily let one save a local copy.
>
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