saving iTunes QT vids in Tiger broken??

[Qianlong]

hello

I've been trying to save an iTunes video onto my HD. But it seems the old method doesn'nt work anymore.

Find -> Visibility -> invisible -> QTpluginTemp -> rename .mov

anyone tried saving an iTunes video and had more succes???

 

[Qianlong]

nobody want to try this? 😱

 

[x86isslow]

i thought you needed quicktime pro to save movies? quicktime 7 pro isn't on sale yet, so i think that's why you're not able to get it to work.

 

[Koodauw]

You can save the Music Videos from the iTMS??? PLease give me details.

 

[BornAgainMac]

nobody want to try this? 😱

In 6 days I'll be able to try it with a copy of Quicktime 7 Pro. I hope it still works or I'll have to keep a Panther around my house.

 

[ineffable27]

Here's the method that works for me:

- use search with (visibility=invisible) for the invisible folder named 'private' which is located in your Home folder...

[Home]/private/

- open the folder 'private'

- drag the subfolder 'tmp' to your Dock (so you don't have to go thru the above procedure each time)

- temp files are usually found somewhere in the tmp folder, in a subfolder named 'TemporaryItems'

- this can be buried in an invisible subfolder, the name of which may change

I usually copy the file somewhere and then rename the copy with .mov extension -- rather than move or alter the original temp file itself.

 

[Vortex]

Or you could just use the nifty freeware app iGetMovies

 

[Nermal]

hello

I've been trying to save an iTunes video onto my HD. But it seems the old method doesn'nt work anymore.

Find -> Visibility -> invisible -> QTpluginTemp -> rename .mov

anyone tried saving an iTunes video and had more succes???

Heh, I used to do it that way, back in 2003, then I learned how to use tcpdump 🙂 (which I suppose is actually harder, but I like to see what's going on in the background)

 

[Qianlong]

thanks for the iGetmovies link but it seems saving those vids of the iTunes shop has been changed in Tiger.

I got this error: File OSX😛rivate:tmp:501:Temporaryitems wasn't found. (-43)

and it's not even working with QT7 pro (yes the sn is out there).

 

[Qianlong]

anyone tried to save an itunes music video yet???

🙂

 

[Qianlong]

540 reads and no one tried it?

 

[toneloco2881]

I tried the script posted on this page over at macosxhints, and it's working for me.

 

[Qianlong]

are you using tiger and QT7 Pro?

scripts don't work for me.

 

[toneloco2881]

Yeah, sorry for not mentioning. Tiger & QT7 pro.

 

[Phat_Pat]

Yeah, sorry for not mentioning. Tiger & QT7 pro.

Some sites choose not to allow there content to be saved.

 

[LaMerVipere]

Or you could just use the nifty freeware app iGetMovies

That app works great, thanks so much. 🙂

 

[Qianlong]

Finally got it to work

1) go to the iTunes - Videos section

2) control-click in the miniature of the video you want to save

3) select 'Copy iTunes Music Store URL' from the pop-up menu

4) run this script by Umpa-Spain

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050425164738812#comments

red text in middle of the page

5) save it as an application for later use

6) when the vids loaded in safari -> save as QT movie on your HD



thanks to all for the links and comments

 

[MacBoyX]

But what about the Windows Media files??