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CNN Student News (RSS Feeds)

 
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_smaug



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:23 am    Post subject: CNN Student News (RSS Feeds) Reply with quote

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.

Thanks.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.

Which browser do you use?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.

Which browser do you use?

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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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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