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_smaug
Joined: 08 Sep 2010 Posts: 92
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:23 am Post subject: CNN Student News (RSS Feeds) |
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Hi all,
I�d like to use parts of some of these videos with my classes, but the Internet connection in my classroom is spotty at best so I can�t count on being able to stream them directly when I need them:
http://edition.cnn.com/US/studentnews/quick.guide/archive/
I�d like to download and save them on a flash drive (USB drive), but they�re �RSS Feeds� (whatever that means). So, my question is: can I save them to my hard drive, and if so, how? Right click --> �save target as� doesn�t seem to be working.
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Mr_Monkey
Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 661 Location: Kyuuuuuushuuuuuuu
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:05 am Post subject: |
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They're flash videos. You can't right-click and download them - that's one of the points of flash. You'll need a plug-in for your browser that enables capturing the stream, and a video player capable of playing .flv video.
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_smaug
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Mr_Monkey wrote: |
They're flash videos. You can't right-click and download them - that's one of the points of flash. You'll need a plug-in for your browser that enables capturing the stream, and a video player capable of playing .flv video.
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I'm using Internet Explorer (IE). IE is also installed on all the school machines. Is there a plug-in for that? I'll google it. Thanks.
===edit ===
Downloaded a plugin off Cnet (15 day free trial). Seems to work pretty well. I assume any machine running IE will be able to play flash videos, correct? |
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_smaug
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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I take it back � it doesn�t work (�Save Flash� trial version). It just downloads 17KB black screen -- about the size of a postage stamp � then Flash tells me to change my security settings to allow downloads from the site (which I do) and it still doesn�t work.
Bleh. |
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