Movie Trailers

[HoundsOfLove]

I've been downloading some of the newest trailers to have a peek at, how do I save them though so I can watch them again after I've closed the window.

[layeggs]

In most cases when you get them from the official sites you cannot save them using QuickTime or MediaPlayer.

[HoundsOfLove]

ahhh bummer.

[layeggs]

But of course there's always the unofficial sites... ;)

[Ozeagle]

With a bit of digging you can save any of the trailers at Apple.com - there are only a few sites that make it tough for you by using streaming RTSP servers and the like.

Give me the links to any you want to save and I'll post a direct link. In the meantime I'll try to write up a simple step by step guide to it.

[HoundsOfLove]

Is Ozeagle the coolest on these forums or what!!!!

[Ozeagle]

Ok - it's not the easiest thing in the world, but I've made it as easy as I can.

Ozeagle's Guide to downloading movies from Apple.com (and other sites with similar setups)

1) First you need to open the page in which the .mov is embedded. Just open up the page as you normally would, but hit ESC so you don't end up downloading the whole trailer.

2) View the source of this page. (View menu, Source).

3) In the source, run a search for ".mov". There will usually be a number of hits here. It is up to you to find the right one - on Apple.com it is pretty easy, just look for the one with the really long series of numbers/letters. And not one which is inside a \images\ directory.

4) Copy the entire URL for this .mov file. It will be extremely long.

5) Download this URL. This will not be the movie, only a small file that links to the movie. There are a few easy ways to download this file.

5a) If you have a download manager installed, just paste the URL into the download manager and let it do the work. Easy.

5b) No download manager? Here's a good trick. Come to the forums, and send a private message. Just paste the URL into the PM window, and preview your message. In the preview message section, right click and Save the file link. Leave this PM open for step 8.

5c) Third option is to make yourself a tiny HTML page that has the link on it. But the forum cheat method is quicker.

6) Once you have this file, open it in a text editor (Notepad/Wordpad/Textpad etc)

7) Search this file for ".mov". You'll find a few filenames, but only one will look like the name of a trailer. It will likely be there twice. Copy this filename.

8) Paste this filename into the URL you copied earlier, replacing the old filename (but none of the rest of the URL).

9) Repeat whatever method you used for Part (5) to download this new combined URL, which will be the full trailer

10) Enjoy your trailer!

[Karmond]

or just get Quicktime Pro and right click the movie and select "save as" :)

[Ozeagle]

or just get Quicktime Pro and right click the movie and select "save as" :)
That's the easiest way, but even that doesn't work sometimes - the producer of the .mov can choose to disallow saving from QT Pro. So I prefer not to take the risk :)

This method also allows you to use a download manager for the files, which can be really useful on the big ones.

[Ozeagle]

Ok, a sample walkthrough of the method I posted here. I've randomly chosen "The Cat in the Hat" from Apple's site.

1) From Apple, we get to this page (http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thecatinthehat/large.html) (for the large version).

2) View Source

3) In the source, we first find:

http://a224.g.akamai.net/7/224/51/71140b45d0410c/www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thecatinthehat/images/large_05.mov

This link isn't long enough, and it says "images" - it's not a trailer. Moving to the next one...

http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/9f75a4a6146145/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c0 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e8178cfa63d93eb02384f01f93 fb60c32498016fe34bb01879ed/thecatinthehat-tlr_480.mov

This is more like it.

4) I copy that URL.

5) I paste it somewhere (in this case into this thread)

6) I right click on it, and save it to my Desktop

7) Opening it up in Notepad, I find a new filename (twice). In this case, thecatinthehat-tlr_m480.mov

8) Adding that into the old link, I end up with:

http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/9f75a4a6146145/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c0 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e8178cfa63d93eb02384f01f93 fb60c32498016fe34bb01879ed/thecatinthehat-tlr_m480.mov

9) I download it

10) I watch it :)

[HoundsOfLove]

OMG way too technical for meeeeeeeeee!!! lol.

[whizzfizz]

Oz, how about just posting the final links in this thread for houndsy for the trailers she wants


(and for the rest of us) :p :p

[HoundsOfLove]

Well I have watched a lot or trailers last night and today, some good movies coming

Chronicals Of Riddick (at last thank god), Shrek 2, Troy (looks unreal) and a movie can't remember the name something like The House of Shadows and Fog? looks really good too. Oh and of course Spiderman 2

[whizzfizz]

just finished d/ling and watching the cat in the hat (as per above) i like those sort of silly movies :)

[Ozeagle]

Oz, how about just posting the final links in this thread for houndsy for the trailers she wants


(and for the rest of us) :p :p
hehehe - well I'm more than happy to do that too. In fact I offered in my first post in this thread. Just put in the movie you're after and I'll see what I can do (preferably with a link to the page, save me some time :) )

[whizzfizz]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/c/chroniclesofriddick.php

heres one to get ya started.
the highest quality one will do nicely thank you :p :p

[Ozeagle]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/c/chroniclesofridd**k.php

heres one to get ya started.
the highest quality one will do nicely thank you :p :p

Sorry, was off trying to win stuff for Freqs. Chisel tickets and a Rodney Rude pack today, not a bad day's work (sorry Houndsy :( )

Anyway, I can't actually give you a link to this one because of the censorship rules - you'll have to change the end of the URL yourself. If anyone needs help with how to download this (since you can't right click->save), let me know and I'll post some ideas here.

http://a1520.g.akamai.net/5/1520/51/3c80b7bb4964b3/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c0 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e8178cfa63d93eb02384f01f93 fb60c32b9d0c7ae346b2178af95fd13a9e026bce39/thechroniclesofridd**k_fs1.mov

Edit: I've stuck up a quick webpage with uncensored links to this file - just a links page that can be found here (http://www.iinet.net.au/~shiby/).

[whizzfizz]

thanks man..no probs.. file is downloading as we speak :)

[Ozeagle]

thanks man..no probs.. file is downloading as we speak :)
Well give me some more trailers to grab while you're waiting, I need something to do for the next half hour ;)

[Ozeagle]

Well I have watched a lot or trailers last night and today, some good movies coming

Chronicals Of Ridd**k (at last thank god), Shrek 2, Troy (looks unreal) and a movie can't remember the name something like The House of Shadows and Fog? looks really good too. Oh and of course Spiderman 2

In case anyone else wants to watch these trailers:

Chronicles of Ridd**k - see my earlier post
Shrek 2 (http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/38d31ad9e92d4e/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c0 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e8177bed52b320970678e35685 f860d237a20133/shrek_2_m480.mov)
Troy (http://a240.g.akamai.net/5/240/51/098046552a5beb/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c0 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e8178ef01f930574ed/troy-tsr_fs1.mov)
House of Sand and Fog (http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/4b300e2e45a981/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c0 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e8177bed52b320970678e35685 ed5cd144a9187ef152c02485f357bd2c93/houseofsandandfog_m480.mov)

All trailers are at maximum size - if you want smaller ones just ask and I'll post them.