Good FLV Player

[Brad]

Hi,

I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows 95/98 that
I can use to view .FLV files offline.

Thanks in advance, Brad

Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.

 

[Ingeborg]

Brad wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows 95/98 that
> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>


VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/>

 

[glee]

I use the free Riva FLV Player
http://www.rivavx.com/index.php?id=422
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Brad" <bpetria@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows 95/98 that
> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
>

 

[thanatoid]

bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote in
news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows
> 95/98 that
> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad

Not sure you are aware that these files can not/will not be
saved "for viewing offline" without either a few Firefox addons
or unless you are using Opera in which case they are in the
cache with a tmp or swf extension. Rename them and move them to
a video directory.

I was not aware VLC plays flv's, but Riva is the best of about 5
or so players I tried.



--
Any mental activity is easy if it need not be subjected to
reality.

 

[Mike E]

"Brad" <bpetria@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net...
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows 95/98 that
> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
>

Brad:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nFLVPlayer.html

nFLVPlayer is just the thing.

Mike

 

[runtimechecker@gmail.com]

You can try KeepTube from RuntimeChecker Corp.
It can download videos from YouTube and play .FLV files offline.
http://www.keeptube.runtimechecker.com

Regards,
Frank


On Jul 16, 7:42 am, bpet...@verizon.net (Brad) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a goodFLV(YouTube)playerfor Windows 95/98 that
> I can use to view .FLVfiles offline.
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.

 

[thanatoid]

bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote in
news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows
> 95/98 that
> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad

AFAIK, the only browser that saves the flv files (which are
designed for streaming ONLY) is Opera, with swf or tmp, in its
cache.

Rename them to *.flv, move them to "my flicks" or whatever, and
use Riva FLV player to watch them.

Someone mentioned VLC can play FLV as well but I haven't
bothered to verify that.


--
"...for the force that circles the earth most times in a second
is not electricity but pain."
- M.P.

 

[smith]

bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote in
news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows
> 95/98 that
> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in
> your PC.
>

I like zoom player at

http://www.inmatrix.com/

with the open source flv splitter at

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/FLV_Splitter

 

[glee]

"thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns9982ED9218C22thanexit@66.250.146.158...
> bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote in
> news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows
>> 95/98 that
>> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> AFAIK, the only browser that saves the flv files (which are
> designed for streaming ONLY) is Opera, with swf or tmp, in its
> cache.

They can be found, with a little effort, when using Firefox or IE6 with Windows XP,
and I imagine also with Win98 but I have not tested it there yet.

With IE6, the file is stored in the cache (Temporary Internet Files, by default),
but does not appear to be visible there till the streaming video viewing is
completed. The file has no extension, and is just listed as filetype "File". You
have to go by the file size and date. The one I just viewed left a file about 22MB
in the IE cache, with a name:
"getvideo?video_id=###########"

When viewing YouTube (flv) streaming videos with either Opera or Firefox, the file
does not appear in the browser's cache, but in my system's %temp% folder, with a
name like "fla ###.tmp"

This is when using Windows XP, and in Win98 it may well put the file in the browser
cache instead, with the .tmp or .swf extension. Try it and let us know.


> Rename them to *.flv, move them to "my flicks" or whatever, and
> use Riva FLV player to watch them.

Actually, you may need to COPY them to another location and *then* rename them, as
they may be "in use" in their current location....and may disappear before you can
copy them, if you move away from the browser page or close the browser window that
originally opened them. Again, this probably is not an issue with Win98.


> Someone mentioned VLC can play FLV as well but I haven't
> bothered to verify that.

Yes, it can, but it's been a while since I used it and don't know what options it
gives. I've been using Riva's player (on your recommendation, believe it or not),
but I don't like its inability to switch to full-screen.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

[thanatoid]

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in
news:uDvRK$51HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> "thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Xns9982ED9218C22thanexit@66.250.146.158...
>> bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote in
>> news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for
>>> Windows 95/98 that
>>> I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, Brad
>>
>> AFAIK, the only browser that saves the flv files (which
>> are designed for streaming ONLY) is Opera, with swf or
>> tmp, in its cache.
>
> They can be found, with a little effort, when using Firefox
> or IE6 with Windows XP, and I imagine also with Win98 but I
> have not tested it there yet.
>
> With IE6, the file is stored in the cache (Temporary
> Internet Files, by default), but does not appear to be
> visible there till the streaming video viewing is
> completed. The file has no extension, and is just listed
> as filetype "File". You have to go by the file size and
> date. The one I just viewed left a file about 22MB in the
> IE cache, with a name: "getvideo?video_id=###########"
>
> When viewing YouTube (flv) streaming videos with either
> Opera or Firefox, the file does not appear in the browser's
> cache, but in my system's %temp% folder, with a name like
> "fla ###.tmp"
>
> This is when using Windows XP, and in Win98 it may well put
> the file in the browser cache instead, with the .tmp or
> .swf extension. Try it and let us know.

I hope you're addressing the OP here because my 98 machine has
no internet capability and my 95B machine (this one) may or may
not have a VERY old version of IE on it but I'm not running it
no matter what.

>> Rename them to *.flv, move them to "my flicks" or
>> whatever, and use Riva FLV player to watch them.
>
> Actually, you may need to COPY them to another location and
> *then* rename them, as they may be "in use" in their
> current location....and may disappear before you can copy
> them, if you move away from the browser page or close the
> browser window that originally opened them. Again, this
> probably is not an issue with Win98.

Once the "streaming" has finished completely you should be able
to do anything with the file, under any OS, unless XP (etc) is
even weirder than I think.

>> Someone mentioned VLC can play FLV as well but I haven't
>> bothered to verify that.
>
> Yes, it can, but it's been a while since I used it and
> don't know what options it gives. I've been using Riva's
> player (on your recommendation, believe it or not),

(a warm toasty feeling spreads slowly in the area a thanatoid is
presumed to have a heart...)

> but I
> don't like its inability to switch to full-screen.

After a LOT of searching, I have tried about 6 or 7 players (I
may have already said that in the post you refer to) but they
were all a lot worse - not that RIVA is perfect, it has a few
little annoyances as well, but they're no nearly as bad.

AFA full screen, flv's would look like crap on fullscreen. The
only reason is that we, the great unwashed, are still getting
access to them is that quality-wise they are not unlike a
cassette recording with some Polaroids of the TV screen. Trust
me, you're not missing a thing.

--
"...for the force that circles the earth most times in a second
is not electricity but pain."
- M.P.

 

[glee]

Replies inline....

"thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns9983DD7D1A410thanexit@66.250.146.158...
> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in
> news:uDvRK$51HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>
>>>
>>> AFAIK, the only browser that saves the flv files (which
>>> are designed for streaming ONLY) is Opera, with swf or
>>> tmp, in its cache.
>>
>> They can be found, with a little effort, when using Firefox
>> or IE6 with Windows XP, and I imagine also with Win98 but I
>> have not tested it there yet.
>>
>> With IE6, the file is stored in the cache (Temporary
>> Internet Files, by default), but does not appear to be
>> visible there till the streaming video viewing is
>> completed. The file has no extension, and is just listed
>> as filetype "File". You have to go by the file size and
>> date. The one I just viewed left a file about 22MB in the
>> IE cache, with a name: "getvideo?video_id=###########"
>>
>> When viewing YouTube (flv) streaming videos with either
>> Opera or Firefox, the file does not appear in the browser's
>> cache, but in my system's %temp% folder, with a name like
>> "fla ###.tmp"
>>
>> This is when using Windows XP, and in Win98 it may well put
>> the file in the browser cache instead, with the .tmp or
>> .swf extension. Try it and let us know.
>
> I hope you're addressing the OP here because my 98 machine has
> no internet capability and my 95B machine (this one) may or may
> not have a VERY old version of IE on it but I'm not running it
> no matter what.


Then why do you state that only Opera can save the .flv files from its cache, as
..tmp or .swf files, when you actually have no experience or testing with any other
browsers using flv (flash video)??


>>> Rename them to *.flv, move them to "my flicks" or
>>> whatever, and use Riva FLV player to watch them.
>>
>> Actually, you may need to COPY them to another location and
>> *then* rename them, as they may be "in use" in their
>> current location....and may disappear before you can copy
>> them, if you move away from the browser page or close the
>> browser window that originally opened them. Again, this
>> probably is not an issue with Win98.
>
> Once the "streaming" has finished completely you should be able
> to do anything with the file, under any OS, unless XP (etc) is
> even weirder than I think.


Again, you are basing this on no experience, this time with XP (that's fine...this
is a 98 group anyway).


>>> Someone mentioned VLC can play FLV as well but I haven't
>>> bothered to verify that.
>>
>> Yes, it can, but it's been a while since I used it and
>> don't know what options it gives. I've been using Riva's
>> player (on your recommendation, believe it or not),
>
> (a warm toasty feeling spreads slowly in the area a thanatoid is
> presumed to have a heart...)


I hope it was good for you......


>> but I
>> don't like its inability to switch to full-screen.
>
> After a LOT of searching, I have tried about 6 or 7 players (I
> may have already said that in the post you refer to) but they
> were all a lot worse - not that RIVA is perfect, it has a few
> little annoyances as well, but they're no nearly as bad.
>
> AFA full screen, flv's would look like crap on fullscreen. The
> only reason is that we, the great unwashed, are still getting
> access to them is that quality-wise they are not unlike a
> cassette recording with some Polaroids of the TV screen. Trust
> me, you're not missing a thing.


Not at all....I presume again you haven't tried it. You can view Flash Video (flv)
full screen while streaming, right on YouTube.....just click the Full Screen button
in the YouTube player while the video is being viewed. Many of them look just fine.
Trust me, you are missing something. -)
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

[thanatoid]

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in
news:ul8CM8J2HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

<SNIP>

>> I hope you're addressing the OP here because my 98 machine
>> has no internet capability and my 95B machine (this one)
>> may or may not have a VERY old version of IE on it but I'm
>> not running it no matter what.

> Then why do you state that only Opera can save the .flv
> files from its cache, as .tmp or .swf files, when you
> actually have no experience or testing with any other
> browsers using flv (flash video)??

Sigh. Because people stupid enough to use IE or smart enough not
to use IE but not smart enough to use Opera have been writing
and asking about this for some time now in several groups I
visit.

>> Once the "streaming" has finished completely you should be
>> able to do anything with the file, under any OS, unless XP
>> (etc) is even weirder than I think.
>
> Again, you are basing this on no experience, this time with
> XP (that's fine...this is a 98 group anyway).

Basic logic. But why not just come over and kill me, OK?

>>>> Someone mentioned VLC can play FLV as well but I haven't
>>>> bothered to verify that.
>>>
>>> Yes, it can, but it's been a while since I used it and
>>> don't know what options it gives. I've been using Riva's
>>> player (on your recommendation, believe it or not),
>>
>> (a warm toasty feeling spreads slowly in the area a
>> thanatoid is presumed to have a heart...)
>
> I hope it was good for you......

Better until this strangely confrontational post of yours.

<SNIP>

> I presume again you haven't tried it. You
> can view Flash Video (flv) full screen while streaming,
> right on YouTube.....just click the Full Screen button in
> the YouTube player while the video is being viewed. Many
> of them look just fine. Trust me, you are missing
> something. -)

Whatever. I think they look like crap in 240 by 360 (or
whatever) windows so I DOUBT I would think they look any better
fullscreen. And 3 out of 4 are out of sync.

And being so quick to point out inconsistencies and fallacies,
you should have realized that I can't watch flv's on my 9 years
and 10 months old 95B/166MMX AT ALL, in ANY window, and have to
save them and play them on the 98SE 2GHz machine.

--
"This is not nuclear. This is just a test."
- illyria

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 16:32:57 -0400, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>
put finger to keyboard and composed:

>With IE6, the file is stored in the cache (Temporary Internet Files, by default),
>but does not appear to be visible there till the streaming video viewing is
>completed. The file has no extension, and is just listed as filetype "File". You
>have to go by the file size and date.

Other people my prefer a hex editor, but I confirm a file's type by
peeking at its header using a DOS command:

edit /r /64 filename

The first three bytes will be "FLV".

As a matter of convenience, I have added an Edit command to Explorer's
context menu.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

 

[Mike E]

"Mike E" <nobody@noplace.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Brad" <bpetria@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for Windows 95/98 that
> > I can use to view .FLV files offline.
> >
> > Thanks in advance, Brad
> >
> >
>
> Brad:
>
> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nFLVPlayer.html
>
> nFLVPlayer is just the thing.
>
> Mike
>
The O.P. Brad has asked for an .flv player.
He may not need to find a way to save the FLVs.
But while we are on the subject,
this page has been fine to D/L YouTube videos:
http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie

Mike

 

[thanatoid]

"Mike E" <nobody@noplace.com> wrote in
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>
> "Mike E" <nobody@noplace.com> wrote in message
> news:a3Qmi.19$0F.113776@news.sisna.com...
>>
>> "Brad" <bpetria@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:469b582d.403640@news.verizon.net...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am looking for a good FLV (YouTube) player for
>> > Windows 95/98 that
>> > I can use to view .FLV files offline.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance, Brad
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Brad:
>>
>> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nFLVPlayer.html
>>
>> nFLVPlayer is just the thing.
>>
>> Mike
>>
> The O.P. Brad has asked for an .flv player.
> He may not need to find a way to save the FLVs.
> But while we are on the subject,
> this page has been fine to D/L YouTube videos:
> http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie
>
> Mike

By design, the BROWSER is the flv player.
If he doesn't save the flv's, he won't need an flv player
because he will have nothing to play.

Also, PLEASE look up "offline".

Regards
t.


--
"This is not nuclear. This is just a test."
- illyria