[ubuntu-uk] cache size - firefox (and googlevideo downloads)

[alan c]

Jim Kissel wrote:
> 
> alan c wrote:
>> I rarely capture streaming video and it seems I am often facing new 
>> issues  :-)
>> 
>> I have become experienced with using firefox  to view a clip, then 
>> using the firefox cached file to replay the clip off line.
>> 
>> However an OLPC video of one hour seems to exceed a size and things do 
>> not work.

[...]

>> Shorter videos play ok too (for example 15 minutes), but the cache 
>> files seem to persist and do not disappear!
>> 
>> comments appreciated
> Try http://keepvid.com/
> with the URL http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189
> 
> It's downloading for me 90 megs so it'll be a while before I can check 
> the quality.

ah - I tried keepvid (yesterday) but it would not work, maybe it was 
busy or something. It is actually connecting now.
This would be independent of any browser (Firefox) cache parameters 
presumably.
  --
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391