Hack to save Windows Media streaming files to QuickTime movies on a Mac

[zulchzulu]

Here are the steps. You will need QuickTime Pro 7 version (www.apple.com/quicktime) and the free Flip4Mac WMV Plugin (http://www.flip4mac.com/download.htm) to do this and OS X. Windows folks can try it out, but I'm not testing it on that platform since the Mac version works fine.

1. Let the video play and stream all the way or whatever portion you want to save.
2. If you have the Flip4Mac WMV Plugin, you will see a controller that allows you to select the video. Copy the portion.
3. Open QuickTIme Player (Pro version) and paste. The movie will be there, yet you won't be able to save it.
4. Select the video and drag it to your desktop. You will see a ghost image of the video when you do this.
5. You will then have a movie clipping of the video on your desktop. Rename it and play.

That's it!

[Atman]

1. I use Flip4Mac...I love it.

No more having that shitty Windows Media player thingy launch when WMV files come up. They play in a normal QT window just like any other QT file. You can tell it's a WMV file because the scrubber bar is a concave shape instead of the normal QT scrubber (of course, you can just look at the URL, too).

Neat hack. I highly recommend it.

[zulchzulu]

2. Now...

Now you can save all those CanoFun Bush videos that went off into the netherlands of streaming vid heaven...