How do I download online videos?

So, I stumbled onto this site where you can stream movies online, and now I’m wondering if there's actually a way to grab the file and download it directly.
I gave it a shot in Firefox using a few different plugins—tried stuff like Flash Video Downloader and Video DownloadHelper—but honestly, nothing is working. It just won't pull anything down.
Does anyone know of a specific program out there that can actually snag any video playing on a screen?

Just use torrents like any sane person would, instead of wasting time with those trashy streaming sites.

I get the whole torrent obsession when you’re stuck dealing with 56k modems or ISDN... but honestly, with high-speed fiber and broadband everywhere now? Using torrents feels like something only people who make a "career" out of it do—you know, the folks buying up 6TB external drives 😁 just to eventually realize one day, "...wait, why am I even doing this?"
Whenever I want to share a solid movie with someone, I just toss them a link to a streaming site where they can watch it whenever they feel like it. There are plenty of those sites out there if you know where to look.

ps:
I'm running Windows 10 on an 80GB drive and I've still got half of it left over. 😁

Head over to the page and start playing the movie. Once the entire progress bar on the player finishes loading, go into the Control Panel, hit Internet options, then General, and under Browsing history, select View. From there, you can dig through your files to find the movie itself. Just make sure you're running it in Internet Explorer first.

Head over to the site and start playing the movie. Once the entire progress bar on the player finishes loading, hit up the Control Panel / Internet options / General / Browsing history / View object. From there, you can dig through the file cache to find the actual video file. Just a heads-up, this assumes you’re using Internet Explorer.

That's an interesting workaround, actually. So, basically, I just sit there waiting for the whole thing to buffer before checking the browsing history?

Just use a torrent like any sane person would instead of messing around with those trashy streaming sites.

Torrenting isn't always the answer, man. Half the animated stuff on that specific site doesn't even exist on any major torrent tracker out there.
Take a look at this site

You’ve got a solid setup there—Popcorn Time pretty much has everything in 720p or 1080p, and it comes with plenty of American subtitles ready to go.

Morgan Ortiz6 said:That’s an interesting idea; I might give it a shot. So, basically, I just wait for the entire movie to finish and then check my browsing history?

You don't actually have to sit through the whole thing. Just let it "buffer"—keep an eye on that progress bar like you would on YouTube—and once it hits the end, you're all set.

That sounds great, though I’d much rather handle all this through Chrome.
Does that whole path—"Control Panel / Internet options / General / Browsing history / View object"—actually apply to Chrome too?

I tried grabbing Shrek 3 from that site. I didn't run into any issues since it isn't some weird live stream; it's just a standard video, much like what you'd see on YouTube. I managed to pull the movie down using the Flash Video Downloader extension on Google Chrome. Give 🙂
a shot.

Morgan Ortiz6 said:Great, but tell me this—I’d much rather handle all of this through Chrome.
Does the whole "Control Panel / Internet options / General / Browsing history / View object" path actually apply to Chrome too?

It works, you just have to dig through the Google folders instead.