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saving .wmv files

Asked by mangemerde

With Totem I can watch and hear the content of those .wmv files, so it has nothing to do with codecs, but I cannot find them in my computer, and yet they are in the "File" in Totem.
So where are they hidden?

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midnightflash (midnightflash) said : 		#1

Where did you got "those" .wmv files from?

You can also seek in

/tmp/
/var/tmp/
/home/$USER/.cache/

And be aware... they could be named another way than you expect.

Greetings
mid

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mangemerde (wispel) said : 		#2

midnightflash wrote:
> Your question #80396 on totem in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/80396
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> midnightflash proposed the following answer:
> Where did you got "those" .wmv files from?
>
> You can also seek in
>
> /tmp/
> /var/tmp/
> /home/$USER/.cache/
>
> And be aware... they could be named another way than you expect.
>
> Greetings
> mid
>
>
 Thanks Midnightflash, but those files are not on my computer :-(. In
fact, Totem when I was clicking
in "Files", was going behind my back to the Internet site and
downloading the file again.
I'm new in Ubuntu and was used to Windows.
I have Gnome Media Player,
Movie Player (Totem)
Mplayer
VLC installed, and none seem to be able to save those blooming files.

Maybe I need another programme or an add on? Or even a plug-in in Firefox?

I bought two expensive books on Ubuntu, and none mentions how to save
.WMV files.

I have been told that the learning curve for Linux is very steep...How
true..

Regards, Claude.

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Best midnightflash (midnightflash) said : 		#3

This is not a Linux-question... It would also be nearly impossible to get these files with Win.

But try DownloadHelper:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006

This might help you... Just give it a shot.
And/but some Webmasters are really so hard... you cannot download the files at all.

Greetings
mid

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mangemerde (wispel) said : 		#4

I downloaded and installed (very easy) Download Helper for Firefox, from:

http://www.downloadhelper.net/ and now I can save those .WMV files without problem.

Thank Midnightflash.

Mangemerde.