Re: Saving Flash

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen tmr com>]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 20:52 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> > <pocallaghan gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > However these methods don't always work. I seem to remember seeing sites
> > > that unlink the /tmp file immediately after creating it. If that happens
> > > you'd need to poke around in /proc/<pid-of-flash-player>/fd.
> > The day you succeed in saving a flv file at the CBC, the BBC or any
> > other place where the file does not readily appear in /tmp, you tell
> > me. All the steps. I'll be glad to double-check.
>
> Since I don't live in the UK or Canada, and hence cannot get access to
> these streams, the question is moot.
Clue: proxy

> BTW, if the stream doesn't appear in /tmp, have you tried "lsof|grep
> <name--of-flash-player>"
>
> poc


--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen tmr com>
  "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot