# Can't get streaming downloads to save

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-streaming-downloads-to-save/419369>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-streaming-downloads-to-save/419369 "2007-09-16T02:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fireclown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Fireclown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fireclown)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-streaming-downloads-to-save/419369/1 "2007-09-16T02:28:41Z")

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I have several programs that are supposed to allow me to save streaming flash video. The programs give me a supposed url for the file, but when I save it always ends of being a tiny file about 40k instead. what am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-streaming-downloads-to-save/419369/2 "2007-09-16T03:40:29Z")

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What OS?  
What browser?  
What sites?  
What programs have you tried?

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**Author:** ![Fireclown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Fireclown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fireclown)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-streaming-downloads-to-save/419369/3 "2007-09-16T03:48:03Z")

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Windows XP, I am using firefox and i have tried URL grabber and also used VideoDownloader plugin. I am trying to get videos from [alluc.org](http://alluc.org)

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-streaming-downloads-to-save/419369/4 "2007-09-16T05:08:02Z")

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Orbit.

Orbit is TOTALLY your answer. I lurve it.

Make sure to have the Grab function turned on (Tools-Grab) before starting your stream.