How to Download Flash Streaming Videos
Online video streaming websites allow you to watch your favourite videos without any cost. However, most of them do not offer the facility to download them on your computer. Here, different websites come handy, which allow the users to convert the video files online, and then download them on computer. Such online video converter websites include keepvid.com, savevid.com and grabyoutube.com.
Using these websites, you can download videos from different online flash video streaming websites, such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Putlocker, Sockshare and Megavideo. Apart from the websites, there are many software programs that allow users to download videos directly from the streaming websites.
Instructions
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Download a software program that allows you to save flash video files. Internet Download manager is a great program which provides easy to follow method to download files from Youtube, Putlocker, Sockshare, Megavideo and many other similar website.
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Once the download is complete, install the program in your computer, and integrate it with your web browser.
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Go to the video streaming website and search for your favourite video. Once you open the video, a button will appear right above or bottom of the video frame, saying “Download this video”. Click on it, and a dialog box will appear on your screen. Here, you can define a location, where you want to save your video file. By default, the program will save video is “Downloads” folder in “My Documents”. Click “Start Download”, to start the download process.
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Once the download is complete, you can double click on the downloaded file, and it will be played on your media player.
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If you do not want to install any software on your computer, then you can use websites such as keepvid.com or savevid.com. Visit your favourite video link and copy the URL of the video from the address bar.
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Now open online video converter website, and paste the copied URL in the “URL” field. Click “Download”, and the file conversion will start. You will then see a list of options, asking you about the quality of the video file you would like to download. Select the quality, and a dialog box will appear, asking you about the location where you want to save the file on your computer.
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Define the location and click “Save” and the downloading process will start.
