how to download videos in safari 6.0

refresh the page after opening the inspector and the "other" folder will then be shown... then you can find the file that you are looking for....

and to the forum moderator... I don't believe anyone was trying to circumvent any restrictions that youtube has put forth... besides... the file is downloaded to your computer for viewing purposes... just because coporations like people to be ignorant so that they can some how make money off of them doesn't mean people are going to continue sitting on their bums while corporations find more and more ways to make you pay for what we used to get for free.

thanks

you have to agree to the terms of use that youtube or any other hosting site has set forth before uploading any material.

anything you view on the internet is downloaded to your computer... so the idea that knowing where the files are on your computer is somehow illegal is mind boggling... we can talk about copyright infringement until we are all blue in the face... but I personally would rather everyone have the same knowledge so that as people we can start getting rid of those in power who try to keep others ignorant.

somehow in the midst of all of this... youtube is hosting full movies. unless youtube now owns universal studios, fox, and a few others there is a ton of infringement going on.

just rambling

anything you view on the internet is downloaded to your computer..

Really? If that were true, then you would be able to view anything you had previously viewed within your browser AFTER you quit/close the browser. When viewing website content within your browser, it is only viewable within the browser while you are online and on that particular site - you are viewing it, not downloading it.

so the idea that knowing where the files are on your computer is somehow illegal is mind boggling

In order to have those files on your computer, you must actually download them with the help of the website or your own software app. If you do that, then you can watch it later. That is the step that is in violation of the Youtube ToU:

Content is provided to you AS IS. You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under these Terms of Service. You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content.

you have to agree to the terms of use that youtube or any other hosting site has set forth before uploading any material.

Yes - did you read the ToU? Uploading is transferring your files to Youtube. Downloading is transferring someone else's file to your computer; unless they have given permission, you are violating the rules.

using safari 6.0, qt player 10.1

your solution actually works, i've tried it. choose file > open location in qt player and paste in the file location retrieved as said in previous replies. once started choose file > export and voila!

My job is to download videos for a TV station. Safari 6 has completely messed this up and

now the managers are trying to figure out how to get 25 new MBP running Lion, downgraded to Snow Leopard.

Anyway, I used to view the Video in the webbrowser and then drag the URL window icon to the

download panel.

How do I do it now?

Am I going to have to downgrade (unlikely) or run Firefox (I woud rather not).

Ian

Thanks for this, I tweaked it a little and it works brilliantly with QT 7 Pro and Safari 6. Here is my slightly tweaked version of the workflow. No need to downgrade or use third party software. Thanks to FontainbleauTed.

Navigate to page with video in Safari.

Go to Develop menu (enable in Safari Preferences under Advanced Tab)

Click on Show Web Inspector

Refresh page

Other folder will appear in left hand panel of Web Inspector (it's important to either have Web Inspector open when you open the page in safari or refresh the page after you have opened the Web Inspector for the Other folder to show)

Open Other folder

There will be one file in the Other folder

Click on file name

Look in the right hand panel of the Web Inspector you will see a heading Full URL

Select the entire url

Right click and Copy

Go to Quicktime

Select File Menu

Click on Open URL

Paste in the URL field

When the video has loaded click on File Menu

Click on Export

The workflow might seem long but it isn't too bad and produces better results quicker IMHO than RealPlayer Downloader which couldn't even see the videos at all.

Regards

Alleno51

There are videos that fall under the Creative Commons licence. They can be downloaded for personal use. Not all CC works have a download button or feature next to them. Photos, for example, don't have a download button next to them in every case. but are declared as CC. Sometimes you must right-click, and use software from your computer to download them. Videos work the same way, as in this case, outlined in this forum, you manually find the page resources and extract the video. You shouldn't assume ALL videos downloaded in this manner are absconded in an illegal manner. Sometimes it is necessary to legally extact videos with this technique. Go cry me a river please!

It can be done without involving QT as other posts have.

1) Make sure develope menu is enabled, from Safari preferences advanced

2) Make sure the video you need is playing in Safari window, if many Safari windows are open, click on the window playing the video to make it active.

3) Press Cmd+Opt+A to open the Web Inspector and Press Cmd+F . A find box opens in the center column ... type .mov or .flv depending on the format of the video playing.

4) Scroll to the highlighed lines of script/html and you will see an url that safari helpfully shows as a link. Right click and select download linked file.

It just now worked for Steve Jobs video on apple website fine.

You can do it as FontainbleauTed describes, but if you have Mountain Lion, you can do it using the existing Quicktime Player, you do not need to download Quicktime 7.

Follow all of the steps on FontainbleauTed's post, but in step 7, instead of ⌘U, Press ⌘L (File menu, Open Location). Also, there is no "Save as" option, but "Export" works essentially the same way.

- Enable the developper menu (preferences/Advanced/"Shwo develop menu in menu bar"

- Load the site, play the vid. Call the "Show page ressources" in the develop menu or by pressing cmd+alt+a

- Find the video file in the browser (left part) and click on it (usually in "other" directory).

- Now, once you clicked on the video, check on the rigth part in Location. Select and copy the Full URL

- Click on "show the dowloads" and paste, your video will download.

Still not getting the result I am used to.

I will try and find an exact example of what I used to do.

I would get a list of videos on a web page and then I would command click to open those

in a new tab. I would then skim them. If they were what we wanted, I would

drap the title icon to the download window and then move to the TV storage array.

Now it is like 20 more steps and on some videos, I do not get the options many of you have mentioned.

Ian

Here is more detail:

http://archive.org/details/ctvc

Now right click on the follwoing 3 MP4s

- Flint

- Grapenut

- Kaiser

Notice these open in new tabs. I can no longer grab the title and drag to download window.

CMD-ALT-A does nothing, but I can right click and select Inspect Element.

Now, without having to copy and paste URL to quicktime, how do I download these files within Safari (now using 6.0.2)?

I agree that downloading a video with the intention to share it with others or keep it is strictly wrong when the video was provided for streaming only. However, I blame YouTube for my current predicament, not Apple.

I came to this thread frustrated because I couldn't watch a YT video without it seizing up all the time. For those of us with slow connections, it used to be a simple case of having to wait, i.e. start the video playing, then wait (sometimes for ten minutes or more) - and eventually the whole thing would be buffered and one could watch it in comfort.

However, YT seemed to change about a year ago, and now this doesn't always work. Sometimes the buffering will reach a certain point and then just stop until you start playing.

To me, this is NOT enjoyment, and it does NOT count as "watching" a video. When I watch something, I want to watch it uninterruped (that goes for ads too, but that's another story!).

So that's why I am currently trying to download a video that isn't meant to be downloaded. I have no intention of sharing it with friends, and in fact I will delete it once I have watched it. All I am trying to do is WATCH it, without ending up punching my wall in irritation because it has stopped just when it was getting interesting. I think that's a reasonable expectation.

I appreciate the comments on YouTube. However, I do not believe the original post

or my request above has anything to do with YouTube.

There are real and legal reasons to download videos from the Internet.

It was much easier in Safari 5. Now very difficult in Safari 6 (unless there is a secret I am missing).

It works fine with Firefox, but when you are used to Safari and a major part

of your workflow changes, it is jarring.

So before I completely give up on Safari 6 and just move back to SL or Firefox, is

there anyway to easily download (legal - work related videos) in Sarafi 6,

like we did in 5?

(reposting above question details for those that missed it above.)

I would get a list of videos on a web page and then I would command click to open those

in a new tab (video only would be presented in this new tab). I would then skim the video. If they were what we wanted, I would

drap the title icon to the download window, movie would download to downloads folder and then I move to the TV storage array.

Now it is like 20 more steps and on all the videos I work with on daily basis, I do not get the options many of you have mentioned.

Most of the files we deal with are movie studio EPKs and require a login, but if you go and try this test,

you will see what it is like from a public site.

Go to:

http://archive.org/details/ctvc

Now command click on the follwoing 3 MP4s

- Flint

- Grapenut

- Kaiser

Notice these open in new tabs. I can no longer grab the title and drag to download window.

CMD-ALT-A does nothing, but I can right click and select Inspect Element.

Now, without having to copy and paste URL to quicktime, how do I download these files within Safari (now using 6.0.2)? The drag to download list works as expected with Firefox and Safari 5 on SL.

Hi Ian - yes that would definitely help me. I don't really need an offline copy, I would just like to buffer the whole video before it starts playing. How do you set the buffer size? I don't remember seeing that option anywhere... I'd be grateful for a tip. Thanks!

P.S. My reply earlier was to babowa - sorry if I strayed off-topic...