KhRiS
31-08-2005, 17:46
Thought i'd help out with some of the most common problems i've run into when trying to save content from a website:
I cant "right-click -> save as" an image!
some sites use javascript to prevent the user from right clicking on the site to save content. Solution:
open up a second copy of internet explorer and resize the two windows so they both fit on your screen. click and hold down on the image you want to save, then drag and drop it onto the second browser window. You will now be able to "right-click -> save as" the image.
Jpg images will only save as "untitled.bmp"!
I'm not sure if this problem is caused by code designed to protect content or just an MSIE bug. In either case, its annoying.
Solution:
the solution listed for the first problem should fix this issue as well. simply open up a second internet explorer window, drag the image from the original site into the new browser window, then right-click->save as.
How do i save embedded movie files?
sometimes a movie site will play the movies directly on their site rather than letting you download them. some of these are pretty well protected, but most of them can be bypassed. Solution:
right-click somewhere on the site and click "View Source" or click the "View" menu, then click "Source". now you have to find the url of the movie in the HTML code. You can usually do this fairly easily by doing a search for "embed". Look for a tag that looks something like "save the file, and close it. Now right click the file on your desktop, and click "rename." rename the file so that its file extension is .htm rather than .txt. double click the file to open it with your browser which should now contain a link. right click the link, click "save as". yeah its fairly complicated, but its great for saving embedded movie files. the one exception to this solution that ive seen is the movies that have urls which begin with "mms:"
A movie ive downloaded has audio but no video!
Not totally related to the original topic, but still a fairly common problem. The solution is to find and download the correct codec. The only problem is finding out which codec a movie uses. Solution:
A very valuable tool i've been using for a while is called AVICodec. This little program will analyze a movie file and tell you which codecs are required to play it properly. You can download this free utility here: http://avicodec.duby.info
Once youve loaded your movie file with AVICodec and figured out the name of the codecs that are required, the next step is finding the actual codec and installing it. You can usually do this by google searching for the codec name, or find it on such sites as http://www.free-codecs.com and others. There are also codec packages that contain all of the most common codecs in one easy-to-use package such as the Nimo pack and Defiler pack.
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I cant "right-click -> save as" an image!
some sites use javascript to prevent the user from right clicking on the site to save content. Solution:
open up a second copy of internet explorer and resize the two windows so they both fit on your screen. click and hold down on the image you want to save, then drag and drop it onto the second browser window. You will now be able to "right-click -> save as" the image.
Jpg images will only save as "untitled.bmp"!
I'm not sure if this problem is caused by code designed to protect content or just an MSIE bug. In either case, its annoying.
Solution:
the solution listed for the first problem should fix this issue as well. simply open up a second internet explorer window, drag the image from the original site into the new browser window, then right-click->save as.
How do i save embedded movie files?
sometimes a movie site will play the movies directly on their site rather than letting you download them. some of these are pretty well protected, but most of them can be bypassed. Solution:
right-click somewhere on the site and click "View Source" or click the "View" menu, then click "Source". now you have to find the url of the movie in the HTML code. You can usually do this fairly easily by doing a search for "embed". Look for a tag that looks something like "save the file, and close it. Now right click the file on your desktop, and click "rename." rename the file so that its file extension is .htm rather than .txt. double click the file to open it with your browser which should now contain a link. right click the link, click "save as". yeah its fairly complicated, but its great for saving embedded movie files. the one exception to this solution that ive seen is the movies that have urls which begin with "mms:"
A movie ive downloaded has audio but no video!
Not totally related to the original topic, but still a fairly common problem. The solution is to find and download the correct codec. The only problem is finding out which codec a movie uses. Solution:
A very valuable tool i've been using for a while is called AVICodec. This little program will analyze a movie file and tell you which codecs are required to play it properly. You can download this free utility here: http://avicodec.duby.info
Once youve loaded your movie file with AVICodec and figured out the name of the codecs that are required, the next step is finding the actual codec and installing it. You can usually do this by google searching for the codec name, or find it on such sites as http://www.free-codecs.com and others. There are also codec packages that contain all of the most common codecs in one easy-to-use package such as the Nimo pack and Defiler pack.
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