TechToday.blogspot.com: 02/11/14

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Steps

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Identify what video you want to download. Depending on the video there are different ways to download the video. For example, to download a movie or episodes from a TV series it is best to use torrents. To download Music Videos it is best to download the video from YouTube, or use Mediafire.
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Download a movie and/or an episode from a TV series(optional). Use a torrent site, such as http://www.isohunt.com/ and do a search for the video you are looking for. To ensure the video is safe, be sure to read the comments on the torrent before downloading it. If the majority of comments state that the video is safe and virus-free then download the torrent. Open the torrent with the necessary software - such as BitTorrent (http://www.bittorrent.com/btusers/download - it's free!). Wait until the download is finished and you have your video.
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Downloading a video off YouTube (optional). There are two ways to download a video from YouTube:
- Go onto YouTube and find the video you want. Use a YouTube video downloading site, such as http://www.mediaconverter.org/ and follow the instructions to obtain the video from YouTube. Note: videos off YouTube are sometimes of relatively low quality.
- Sometimes uploaded videos have a '+DL' (or similar) in the title. This means that the uploader has kindly included a link to download the video from an external website - this usually yields videos with greater quality.
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Downloading a music video (optional). If using YouTube is not your thing, then you can try using external websites. For Korean, Chinese & Japanese music videos, try using http://ihoneydew.com/ or http://jenpoo.com/. But if it is something else you are after, try using MediaFire (google it) by either accessing the website directly, or googling the MV's title + mediafire (e.g google: poker face mv mediafire).
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Watch your video.

How to Download Online Games

Method 1 of 2: Using Firefox

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Open the website containing the Flash game. You will be using Firefox’s Page Info command to browse for the .swf file, which is the format for Flash games. Make sure that the entire game has loaded.
- This will not work for games that aren’t in Flash format, such as Java or HTML.
- You will need to have Adobe Flash installed in order to save the file.
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Right-click on the website’s background. Don’t right-click on the game itself, but on the background of the website somewhere. Select View Page Info from the menu.
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Click the Media tab. This will list all of the images, sounds, videos, and other media objects on the website. Click the Type column to sort the list by type, and scroll down until you see the Object category.
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Download the game. Select the “.swf” file in the list. The name will typically be related to the title of the game, and will contain the entire URL of the game. Once you’ve selected it, click Save As. Rename it to whatever you’d like and choose where you want to save it. Once it’s saved, the download is complete.
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Open the game. Once you’ve downloaded the game, navigate to where you saved it. Right-click on the file and select Open With… You will be given a list of programs to open the game with. If Firefox is on this list, choose it. If Firefox is not on the list, click “Browse for more programs” and then navigate to Firefox.
- Firefox is typically installed at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe, though this will vary depending on your system configuration.
- You can install a standalone .swf player program if you’d rather use a different program than Firefox.

Method 2 of 2: Using Google Chrome

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Open the website containing the Flash game. You will be using Chrome’s “View page source” command to browse for the .swf file, which is the format for Flash games. Make sure that the entire game has loaded.
- This will not work for games that aren’t in Flash format, such as Java or HTML.
- You will need to have Adobe Flash installed in order to save the file.
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Right-click the website’s background. Do not click on the game itself, but rather the background of the website. Select “View page source” from the menu. This will open up the code of the website in new tab.
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Find the Flash file. The game will have a “.swf” extension. Use the Find function by pressing Ctrl+F and entering “.swf” into the search field. Look for the entry that provides the entire URL address of the .swf file. Copy the address by highlighting it and pressing Ctrl+C.
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Open the URL in a new tab. Copy the address into the address bar and press Enter. All that should load is the Flash game on a white background. Test the game to make sure that it is loaded properly.
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Save the page. Click the Customize button in the top-right corner of Chrome. It looks like 3 horizontal bars. Select “Save Page As” from the menu. Rename the file to whatever you’d like and set where you want to download it. Click Save to save it to your computer.
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Play the game. To access the game, you will need to designate a program to open it if you haven’t done do before. Right-click on the downloaded file and select Open With… If Chrome is on the list, select it and your game will open. If Chrome is not on the list, click the Browse button and navigate to your Chrome installation.
- Chrome is typically installed at: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe