Did you know that you can download mp3, video and other files from almost any website with just a little effort ? All you need is Firefox, the Firefox extension Firebug and a download manager. This knowledge is especially helpful if the tools you normally use to download videos, mp3 or flash games does not work on a website. Firebug is actually a great web development extension for Firefox which does also list all objects that are loaded with their full url on the server. I suppose you are already seeing where this is going, huh ? You just have to take a look at the objects and filter out the largest files which are most of the time the media files. Copy the url from that file and paste it into your download manager to download the mp3, video or other media file. Let me give you an example on how to download a mp3 right from myspace. Make sure you have the firebug extension installed. Visit myspace.com and click on a band’s website, e.g. http://myspace.com/theused Open Firebug by pressing F12 Play a song Check the NET tab in Firebug and search for the biggest file Copy the location of that file (by right-clicking it) and paste it into your download manager. Rename the file and give it the right file extension, in this case .mp3
This method can be used on almost every other site that offers media files. Want some examples ? Gametrailers, Myspace, Youtube, Armor Games and many more. It is not working with sites that stream content to your PC (like Internet Radio but all others should be fine.) Courtesy---gHacks
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