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How do you save an SWF video on a webpage? It won't let me right click, Control S, or File Save As. I have to save it so I can convert it to mp4.

I have t oconvert it to mp4, but I have t osave it first. How do I do that? Then how do I convert it? Any free programs I need to do this?

Thanks!

Answer #1
Providing you won't use this for illegal purposes, here's a quick way to get a flash movie off the web:
1. Look at pieces of text or images surrounding the flash movie you wish to download. If there is a piece of text surrounding the movie, copy the text and if an image, copy its url.
2. Right Click --> View Page Source.
3. Click Ctrl + F and paste the text on the clipboard.
4. Click Find
5. Look around this text. Near it you should see something like this:
  
  HTML
6. Copy the url (so in this I would copy http://site.com/myflash.swf) and paste it in the address bar.
7. Press the enter key and the flash movie that you want to download should come up and take up all of the browser window OR you maybe prompted to download a file.
8. If prompted to download a file * Make sure it is a flash file and if it is click Save
9. If the movie appears * Make sure it's the one you want and then go to File --> Save As
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