# How to download these videos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 21, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870 "2012-06-21T18:34:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/1 "2012-06-21T18:34:36Z")
My friend has asked me how to download these videos: > **[Video Not Found](https://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid798983031001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAj36EdAk~,0qwz1H1Ey92wZ6vLZcchClKTXdFbuP3P&bctid=1648632372001)** > > Video Not Found > **[Video Not Found](https://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid798983031001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAj36EdAk~,0qwz1H1Ey92wZ6vLZcchClKTXdFbuP3P&bctid=1646340243001)** > > Video Not Found Looking at the page source, I do not see a FLV file address. Is there a Firefox plugin that will work? ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/2 "2012-06-21T19:24:39Z")
Your links both send me to a blank page. And not one with a .me address. What country is that? This is the URL for the blank page your first link brings me to: > **[Video Not Found](https://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid798983031001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAj36EdAk~,0qwz1H1Ey92wZ6vLZcchClKTXdFbuP3P&bctid=1648632372001)** > > Video Not Found But if the URL works for you, have you tried [YouTube Downloader](http://www.youtubedownloadersite.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/3 "2012-06-21T20:07:09Z")
Sorry you get a blank page but the videos are there for me. Youtube downloader, like many video downloaders, only works for select sites. That is part of the problem that I am trying to find a solution too. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/4 "2012-06-21T20:21:53Z")
You need a program called [Jaksta](http://www.jaksta.com/). It will download any (unencrypted) streaming video. It ain’t free, though. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/5 "2012-06-21T23:31:27Z")
Just for future reference, after doing a lot of research, I have found that the best free solution is this: > **[Conversion, burn and download videos](https://www.vso-software.fr/products/downloader/)** > > Editing software, video burning, DVD, Bluray, WebM,... and video downloading from the internet. Custom your own videos menu! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/6 "2012-06-21T23:33:18Z")
I use the FireFox plugin Flashgot. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/7 "2012-06-22T01:46:22Z")
Another option that will _usually_ work is to view the video, then find your browser’s cache directory, look for a large file created at around the right time, and rename it to .flv . Then try to open it with your video player, and see if you got the right one. ---
**Author:** ![AndyKorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@AndyKorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyKorn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-download-these-videos/625870/8 "2012-07-15T13:34:07Z")
I’m using torch browser (it has a built in video grabber feature)… It works on most sites… Worth trying. 🙂