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This tutorial will tell you how to download streaming Flash video from video sharing sites. With the help of this tutorial you can understand how to use Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox to capture and download videos. Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox can download streaming videos (including flv, swf, wmv, asf, avi, mov, rm, rmvb) from Internet.
In this tutorial, the version of Web Video Downloader for Firefox is 3.5.
Why do you need Web Video Downloader to capture streaming Flash video?
Now most Web videos are streaming Flash videos containing both video and player. That means, the video file you try to get is not a simple single file. It has actually two separated files -- a FLV player (which is a SWF file), and a FLV video. So if you use SWF Catcher, you can only get the FLV player (SWF), not the video. Web Video Downloader for Firefox, as the advanced version of SWF Catcher for Firefox, can capture not only SWF files (FLV Player or other kinds of Flash files) but also FLV files (streaming Flash video) at once.
How to download streaming Flash video use Web Video Downloader for Firefox
- Step 1 Make sure you have installed Web Video Downloader for Firefox correctly.
After installation, you can let the icon of Web Video Downloader for Firefox show on the tool bar. It's more convenient to open the sidebar of the software by clicking on its icon.
- Step 2 Click the icon of the software on Firefox tool bar to open the sidebar. You can also choose "Tools -> Web Video Downloader" to open the sidebar.
- Step 3 Open the page containing the video you want to capture and download. Then a dialogue "Video Capture" would pop up if the program detects any Flash or video. Click "OK" to start downloading.
Click "Cancel" to cancel downloading. Then if you want to restore downloading, right-click the file in the sidebar and choose "Download...".
