Quote Originally Posted by ArNolD
What am I missing?

I go to a number of different video and news video sites, play the movie, then take the URL of the page to one of the pages noted above (javimova or dlthis, specifically) or I use the FireFox plugin and I get NOTHING but "Error" or "invalid URL" and if I ever get beyond these errors I get nothing but a .htm file downloaded. Can anyone tell me what I am missing. Your's works?

For instance:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Ci5tN7h8E8& ... ed&search=
If you're using Keepvid and getting a htm file saved, you're not doing the right thing ...

1. Go to http://keepvid.com/
2. Enter the youtube URL you gave into the box at the top.
3. Click download button at right.
4. Keepvid will check the URL and soon present you with the following under the Download title bar:
"Original link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Ci5tN7h8E8& ... ed&search=
тА║тА║ Download Link тА╣тА╣ (.flv - Flash Video)
Note: Please rename the file from get_video to get_video.flv after you have downloaded it."
5. Right click on the 'Download Link' text, select Save Link As ... (note I'm doing is in Firefox)
6. The default name in the Save As file name box is .. get_video.htm. Change this to whatever_you_want.FLV. Or you can wait until it's saved before changing the name.
7. Download should start after a short delay. If the system is busy, it may fail (rare). This FLV is around 5mb.
8. You should now have a FLV file (flash video) saved. You need an FLV player to play it, such as the one linked at the bottom of the Keepvid page, or the VLC player. These will recognize the FLV file automatically (assuming that is how you named it) and play it.

Re other methods, not sure about the Firefox plugin error you got. Maybe because you have javascript disabled ? (eg via the NoScript plugin or Torpark ?). If so, this might also affect Keepvid.

Note many of the download tools only work with certain sites. Most work with youtube, but may not work with others unless they list those sites as supported.