capturing an swf stream from the web?

[John McGregor]

Matt Price wrote:
> hi,
>
> I need to show this animation in a lecture hall where  I can't count on
> internet access:
> http://goingtoschool.com/englishAnimation.htm 
>
> I've downloaded the .swf file, but the file itself doesn't seem to
> contain the video stream I need; it's a binary, but I assume it's just a
> set of instructions that describe how to access the real video file.
> Does anyone know of a tool, command-line or otherwise, that would allow
> me to capturethe video stream to a file for later playback?  keeping it
> in a nonfree format is fine, I have flashplayer installed...
>
> thanks much!  
> Matt
>   
There is a plug in for Firefox called Video Download Helper that allows 
you to grab videos from the web and convert them into a useful format. 
Note that it requires ffmpeg as a backend.

http://www.downloadhelper.net/conversion-manual.php

HTH

John
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