Hi Rob!
Thanks a lot for an authorative look at this particular problem.
Re your question to me; no, unfortunately (it seems) I run XP Pro64 which isn't
catered for, only Vista 64. I will try FlashGot later and let you know the
result. You're painting a picture of more problems to come Rob, let's hope that
solutions arise to combat them!
Max
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim and Max--
>
> QuickTime Pro's "Save Source As" is no longer working for me-- not
> just on Kevin's site. I thought that upgrading to v7.6 would restore
> it, but not so. Perhaps QT "looks backs" to Apple for some service
> component and its no longer being offered. Has anyone else with QT
> Pro noticed this-- no "Save Source As" pull-down window when a QT
> object loads in a browser window?
>
> If so, this might portend some issues those of us who spend time
> sharing media with others (more below).
>
> Max, did you install and try iTunes? That's the "streamlining"
> download service that Kevin's site is encouraging us to use.
>
> Another QT-based work-around that usually works to copy the URL for
> the QT embedded media file and paste that directly into QTPro (File->
> Open URL). Once the media file fully loads, you can use "Save-As" to
> save it on your computer. However, Kevin's CSS template hides the URL
> in the source code of his site so this method is defeated. More and
> more sites are doing this, intentionally or not. You can also use the
> open URL trick in MPEG Streamclip which is cross-platform.
> http://www.squared5.com/
>
> I suspect a big source of our recent downloading difficulties is the
> "You Tube," etc video explosion and on-going efforts to protect these
> media files from copying. Our audio gets affected as we "upgrade" to
> new combo audio/video and browser apps.
>
> The only other "solution" I know of is impermanent :-( and employs
> recent downloading "extensions" within FireFox. The FireFox extension
> that currently works for me on Kevin's site is called,
> "FlashGotMedia" http://flashgot.net/features. There's a little movie
> icon in the lower right corner of the FireFox browser page with a
> progress bar. After you set the download location (which a prompt
> should request as you install it) then click on the icon and it will
> download it to the folder you selected. You need FireFox v3.5 and
> QuickTime.
>
> Below are some other FireFox extensions you can install and try. Most
> of them are primarily for flash media but people use flash to embed
> QT objects.
>
> Fast Video Download 2.02
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3590
>
> Video DownloadHelper
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006
>
> 1-Click YouTube Video Download
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13990
>
> To update your extensions in the future, go to this page and sort
> them by "recent"
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?sort=newest&q=video&appid=1&cat=0%2C0&tag=&atype=-1&pid=-1&lup=&lver=-1&pp
>
>
> This predicament is probably going worsen with more propriety media
> being sold or otherwise restricted on the internet. A codec is made
> available "free" initially and then later, only through purchase. Its
> unlikely iTunes will provide the free services like podcasts
> indefinitely; all such applications are likely vulnerable. Its
> ridiculous to have to rebuild one's web site because a corporation
> changes their policies, but it shouldn't surprise us as lots of
> people go to work everyday figuring out ways to make the internet
> make money for them.
>
> There are some open source media sharing tools that the profiteers
> can't mess with like Ogg that we might want to start exploring. My
> goal is a long(er) term solution so the work I intend to share, is
> easily shareable.
>
> I've played with Ogg some and I'm getting 2041 errors. Anyone getting
> Ogg to encode for them on a PPC Mac (10.4.11)? Rob D.
>
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