Monday, June 13, 2011

HOW TO DOWNLOAD ANY VIDEO ON THE INTERNET THROUGH CACHE


  
There are tons and tons of different scripts, programs, and websites that claim to "allow you to download any video on the internet". However, as I'm sure many of you have come to realize, the vast majority of those are crap. Terrible quality, ridiculous prices, malware, ads, and many that just flat-out do not work. 

Well today I'm going to show you a neat (yet simple) program that works and that has always worked. All it does is access the video in your cache, and then allow you to copy/move it into another directory, where it will stay (files only stay in the cache temporarily). You could probably do this on your own without the aid of a program, but it makes it much easier.

The program I am referring to is called VideoCacheView, by NirSoft




 

So whenever you view a video on the internet, the video is automatically downloaded into your browser's "cache". When you open it up, VideoCacheView simply views your browser's cache and tells you about the videos in there. Then all you have to do is right click it...


...and select "Copy Selected Files To..." to save the video to wherever you want it. The advantage of using this grab-video-from-cache method is you don't have to re-download a video you just viewed - it is already existing in your cache. The problem with this method is the video names will not be properly generated (this isn't the program's fault!), so you may have to guess a couple of times to find the correct video (just do "Play Selected File" before saving it to a permanent location on your computer).

Be sure, before copying a video, that the video has buffered completely on the webpage. If not, VideoCacheView will only be able to grab what has buffered so far.

Other things to note:



VideoCacheView supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Chrome

 



VideoCacheView works with more than just video files



This method works for 99.999% of all videos I've ever come across, with the one exception of Hulu. As far as I know, downloading from Hulu is impossible.





 
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57 comments:

  1. Mile2MarathonJune 13, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Smart, nice one.

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  2. MikkoJune 13, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    it's actually really easy to do this. With Opera it automatically stores the files as a temp file in its cache. Simply copy the largest file, rename and voila ;)

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  3. AlphaJune 13, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Excellent find

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  4. Salted PlumJune 13, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Another really cool programme, thanks!

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  5. Dave BenzeneJune 13, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    Thanks for the tutorial, time to go save some videos from youtube

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  6. ZedJune 13, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    Useful and beats downloading some dodgy freeware

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  7. BradenJune 13, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    Been using a method similar to this for a while now, I may have to check this program out though. I am a sucker for nice UI's.

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  8. pepsi_lover47June 13, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Lol ABSOLUTELY what I needed. Thanks for that

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  9. ReDDoTJune 13, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    Sweet! didnt know this.

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  10. Thundering Blog.comJune 13, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    This is a helpful tip. There are some really good rare Nick Drake tracks on Youtube that I've wanted to acquire.

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  11. Michael ArsenaultJune 13, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    very informative and useful, keep it up!

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  12. FateITJune 13, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    very helpful thanks for this great post, I prefer to store files and watch them on my home theater pc :)

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  13. JackJune 13, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    you can do this without downloading an extra program too with firefox i believe

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  14. AnonymousJune 13, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    I'll have to switch to this method, seems way more efficient then what I've been doing

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  15. RogerSwagJune 13, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    Awesome Tip man, as usual.

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  16. Weastside007June 13, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    I'm so doing this.

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  17. zephyrJune 13, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Very informative. How do you learn this stuff?!

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  18. JackJune 14, 2011 at 4:50 AM

    Thank you! I've wanted to know how to do this for a while now.

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  19. Mike5354June 14, 2011 at 4:53 AM

    Oo this is gonna be useful MWAHAHHA NOW TO DOWNLOAD :D

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  20. onionniteJune 14, 2011 at 4:57 AM

    Bring on the free videos! Followed.

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  21. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    Thanks for the guide!!

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  22. JasonJune 14, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    Thanks for the info mate!
    +followed.

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  23. FSDJune 14, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Great blog. Favorited, I love getting tips and tricks like this.

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  24. JonnyJune 14, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    OO cheeky. I like it.

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  25. Vince^_^June 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Woah. Thanks a lot!

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  26. andrewJune 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    sweet , looking for that for ages!!

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  27. GeorgiJune 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    thanks for the amazing guide ;] will follow for more interesting guides

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  28. CarmJune 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Awesome! I usually use download helper, but I often don't get any audio with the video.

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  29. slycoopertJune 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    I shall have all of the movies ever now!!!

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  30. mycetismeJune 14, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    seems useful!

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  31. DangerouschickenJune 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    I had a similar program but it didn't work all the time. Better try this one.

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  32. dJune 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    thanks very interisting!

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  33. LightStandJune 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    Thanks, i'll be sure to use this

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  34. UnknownJune 14, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Another great tip! Thank you :)

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  35. JohnJune 14, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    Very useful, although I've had similar results with a few browsers add-ons...Just not with 100% guarantee on the downloads.

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  36. JotunnJune 14, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Why would storing Hulu videos be impossible? Does it only store the file in RAM or something?

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  37. JamesJune 14, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Huh. Never knew that. Going to put it work soon!

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  38. AACoasterJune 14, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Already knew this, but still nice :)

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  39. ErlooN #3June 14, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    That was cool bro =)

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  40. DIYgamingJune 14, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    useful for those that didnt know how!

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  41. NeonJune 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Didn't know about it, thanks!

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  42. AIO reviewsJune 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    Yeah its pretty nice to grab videos with ease instead of weeding through all the crap everytime.

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  43. ErlooN #3June 15, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    Awesome tuto bro
    Gotta mark this one

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  44. NoctisJune 15, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    This tip's worth gold! Really neat blog.

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  45. AstarothJune 15, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    awesome, i was wondering if there was a program for this!
    thanks!

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  46. AnonymousJune 15, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    Oh great, now everyone will be doing it!

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  47. AnmonkeyJune 15, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Ooo, good one.

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  48. M FawfulJune 16, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    This is awesome. Does it work for Megavideo vids too?

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  49. TrolskeJune 16, 2011 at 2:12 AM

    Great HowTo! I used some of the crappy tools you mentioned -.-

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  50. ThirtySevenJune 16, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    My brain hurts!

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  51. Miguel BJune 16, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    There's also an awesome free add on called Downloadhelper. I've used this so many times.

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  52. FSDJune 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    This is a great way to get around the megavideo 72 minutes a day limits. Great advice.

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  53. Simon blackJune 22, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    Wow thanks for the tip, really appreciate it.

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  54. BelJune 25, 2011 at 2:46 AM

    This is awesome. Thanks for the tip!

    <3 Belly B

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  55. RaskJuly 2, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    Thanks for the epic tool man <3

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  56. BloggerageAugust 2, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    Awesome!! this is very usefull! thanks for the guide man.

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  57. DavidAugust 11, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Nice tips and tricks dude. I really like your blog. Congrats. Check mine out.

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