How to Download Flowplayer Videos
This wikiHow teaches you how to download Flowplayer videos that are embedded in webpages using the Chrome browser on Windows or Mac computers. Some Flowplayer videos give you the option to download the video; for those that don't, you'll...
Method 1 of 2:
Using vGet in Chrome
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Picture 1 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Check to see if the video can be downloaded. If you have Firefox installed on your computer, you can use it to look for a downloadable video on a page; this can save you time when trying to find and download the video:- Open Firefox.
- Go to the website on which your Flowplayer video is hosted.
- Play the video if it doesn't begin playing.
- Right-click (or Control-click on a Mac) a blank place on the page.
- Click View Page Info in the drop-down menu.
- Click the Media tab.
- Scroll through the results, looking for a "Video" option in the "Type" column. If you see a video listed on the page, you can proceed with the rest of this method; if not, you most likely can't download the video.
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Picture 4 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Open the vGet extension download page. This extension allows you to download quickly any Flowplayer videos which aren't encrypted.- vGet won't allow you to download videos that are otherwise impossible to download.
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Picture 5 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Click Add to Chrome. It's a blue button in the upper-right side of the page. -
Picture 6 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Click Add extension when prompted. Doing so installs the vGet extension in Google Chrome; you should see the vGet app icon, which resembles a downward-facing arrow, appear in the upper-right side of the Chrome window. -
Picture 7 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Go to the website that hosts your video. This should be the website on which the Flowplayer video that you want to download is located. -
Picture 8 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Play the video if it doesn't automatically play. The vGet extension sometimes requires you to begin video playback in order to find the video on the page, so make sure you click the video's "Play" button if necessary before you proceed. -
Picture 9 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Click the "vGet" icon. It's the downward-facing arrow in the upper-right side of the Chrome window. A drop-down menu will appear.- If you don't see this icon, first click ⋮ in the top-right corner of the Chrome window, then click the "vGet" icon near the top of the drop-down menu.
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Picture 10 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Click your video's name. You should see at least one video's name in the drop-down menu; clicking it will prompt the video to begin downloading onto your computer.- If you don't see any videos listed here, your video can't be downloaded.
- Depending on your Chrome settings, you may have to select a save location before you can proceed.
Method 2 of 2:
Downloading the Video
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Picture 11 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Check to see if the video can be downloaded. If you have Firefox installed on your computer, you can use it to look for a downloadable video on a page; this can save you time when trying to find and download the video via its source code later:- Open Firefox.
- Go to the website on which your Flowplayer video is hosted.
- Play the video if it doesn't begin playing.
- Right-click (or Control-click on a Mac) a blank place on the page.
- Click View Page Info in the drop-down menu.
- Click the Media tab.
- Scroll through the results, looking for a "Video" option in the "Type" column. If you see a video listed on the page, you can proceed with the rest of this method; if not, you most likely can't download the video.
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Picture 14 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Go to the page with the Flowplayer video. In your web browser, go to the page that has the Flowplayer video you want to download. -
Picture 15 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Right-click on an empty space on the page. Outside of the video in an empty space on the webpage, right-click with the mouse to open a drop-down window.- For computers with a trackpad, click the trackpad with two fingers to perform a right-click. Mac users can also hold down Control while clicking.
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Picture 16 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Click View Page Source. This will display the code for the website in a new window. -
Picture 17 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Click ⋮. It's in the top-right corner. This will open a drop-down menu. -
Picture 18 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Click Find. This will display a search bar in the upper-right corner.- You can also type Ctrl+F on Windows or ⌘ Command+F on a Mac to quickly start a search as well
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Picture 19 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Search for the video tag. Type into the search bar and then click thePicture 20 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos - If searching for "" returns no results in the page, you can also search for source to look for the correct section of the code.
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Picture 21 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Look for the video's source URL. The source URL should resemble something similar to the following code:<video> <source type="application/x-mpegurl" src="//www.website.com/video.m3u8"> <source type="video/mp4" src="//www.website.com/video.mp4"> video>
- Instead of "www.website.com" this will most likely display the site you're currently on, and instead of video.mp4 this will the filename of the video.
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Picture 22 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos Open the video's page. Click the URL after the src=" section that ends with in video format such as .mp4. For example, in the previous code example, you would click the following to open the video in a new tab://www.website.com/video.mp4
- In some cases, you must double-click the URL, press Ctrl+C (Windows) or ⌘ Command+C (Mac) to copy it, paste the URL into the address bar by pressing Ctrl+V or ⌘ Command+V, and then press ↵ Enter.
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Picture 23 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos ClickPicture 24 of How to Download Flowplayer Videos - If you don't see the download button, you can right-click on the video and select Save video as... to download the video.
- In some cases, you must first click ⋮ in the lower-right side of the player and then click Download there.
Update 24 March 2020
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