Saving an Internet Film Clip

[EdP]

I saw a film clip at a web site that I'd like to save on my PC. The clip was not downloadable, so I found it in the Temporary Internet Files folder and tried to save it.

When I double-clicked it within the Temp folder, it played fine using Windows Media Player 10.0, although I did get a message "Running a system command on this item might be unsafe". When I dragged the file to the desktop, the fille extension changed and the clip was no longer recognized by any software I have. The name of the file in the Temp folder was:

doodah.wmv#0;1.000;0;0;1:2;5:2

When I dragged it to the desktop, the filename and extension changed to:
doodah[1].dat

The FileType was VCD Wrapper, but sometimes Windows doesn't really know the actual file type and takes a guess. I Googled VCD Wrapper and found that it is encoded in MPEG-1 format and stored on a CD in a specific format. According to a Glossary I found, VideoCDs are rare in the West and are usually illegal copies or porn movies. Well, if oyster-shucking can be considered porn, then there are some real weirdos out there. ;o)

Is there a way I can save this file so I can view it at will?

Thanks
EdP

[ror_b211]

If there was no option to download the video clip, then the author/creator/whatever doesn't want you to download it, they only want it to be streamed on their website. If you really wanted it, you could use FRAPS to capture the video.

[Hi Ho]

Did you try right-clicking and selecting "Save Target As"?

[EdP]

Thanks for the replies.

HiHo: There was no "Save target as" in IE or "Save link as" in FF.

ror: The clips are not critical enough for me to spend money on software I'll probably never need again. I'll make notes. ;o)

I just thought there was something I could do to those files in the Temporary Internet Files folder that would allow me to save them.

Thanks again for the quick responses.
EdP

[Doobie]

try doing this. download vcdgear then in the program there is an option to convert .dat to mpeg. I have done it numerous times becuase vcd is big here in mexico, so i know if it is a vcd file then vcdgear should work.

[EdP]

Thanks, doobie

Apparently theres no MPEG stream in the .dat file. VCDGear error message "Could not locate MPEG stream".

Thanks for the recommendation, though - NetGear may come in handy for other tasks in the future.

EdP

[Coramboy]

If you can still find Streambox VCR somewhere its excellent for grabbing streaming media.

[Doobie]

have you tried renaming the extension to mpeg? If it works you can watch it but sometimes when you burn it on to a cd it doesnt work on a dvd player.