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

[Jim Kissel]

alan c wrote:
> 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.

It must have been a connection problem from your machine as it 
downloaded ok for me, all 89.8 megs.  Named something.avi.flv but plays 
ok via totem 2.18.1

Yes, keepvid is semi-independent of the browser you use and it's cache.

>   --
> alan cocks
> Kubuntu user#10391
>