If you've always wanted to keep those nice new music videos and movie trailers available on the new version of the iTunes Music Store, and are too lazy to make an Applescript for it, get iTMS Extractor (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23306).

Nifty tip, Adel, but you can achieve the same result without the need for a third-party app, even if it is free:

After watching the video or trailer on ITMS, do a Find (Command-F) in the Finder, and search for an invisible file named "QTPluginTemp" (without the quotes, of course). Simply rename it to filename.mov, drag to your preferred folder, and you're done. Make sure to wait until the movie has downloaded completely before renaming the Temp file. :)

[Edited on 5-5-2004 by gonz]

Originally posted by gonz
Nifty tip, Adel, but you can achieve the same result without the need for a third-party app, even if it is free:

After watching the video or trailer on ITMS, do a Find (Command-F) in the Finder, and search for an invisible file named "QTPluginTemp" (without the quotes, of course). Simply rename it to filename.mov, drag to your preferred folder, and you're done. Make sure to wait until the movie has downloaded completely before renaming the Temp file. :)

[Edited on 5-5-2004 by gonz]

Much better, then. Easier too. Just passing on something I stumbled across. Thanks!

This is sooo useful! Thank you gurus!

The question that needs to be asked:

Does this work for any QuickTime file where saving is disabled? And is there an equivalent procedure for Windows Media or Real Player files?

Originally posted by vicicasas
The question that needs to be asked:

Does this work for any QuickTime file where saving is disabled?

The answer is yes, but you must first make sure to select the option to save movies in disk cache in the QuickTime System Preferences pane. :)

And is there an equivalent procedure for Windows Media or Real Player files?

Don't know. Those apps obviously don't create QuickTime Temp files, but perhaps they employ some similar means of temporarily saving the video to disk while playing.

[Edited on 5-6-2004 by gonz]

Originally posted by gonz
Originally posted by vicicasas
The question that needs to be asked:

Does this work for any QuickTime file where saving is disabled?

The answer is yes, but you must first make sure to select the option to save movies in disk cache in the QuickTime System Preferences pane. :)

try saving some of my protected QuickTime movies - > http://virtualmvc.com/HasQT.htm

Originally posted by de2
try saving some of my protected QuickTime movies - > http://virtualmvc.com/HasQT.htm

Yup, it worked. I was able to save your movie of the Administration building to my hard drive. BTW, nice work on that virtual tour! :)

[Edited on 5-6-2004 by gonz]

thanks gonz.

can you share me the run-down on how?

can you also edit the movie?

thanks again Apple meister. :)

Originally posted by de2
can you share me the run-down on how?

can you also edit the movie?

I followed the procedure as I described above. However, I cannot edit the movie. Also, when I try to open some of the movies, QuickTime simply crashes out. Must be the protection. Looks like your work is safe. :)

Originally posted by gonz
Nifty tip, Adel, but you can achieve the same result without the need for a third-party app, even if it is free:

After watching the video or trailer on ITMS, do a Find (Command-F) in the Finder, and search for an invisible file named "QTPluginTemp" (without the quotes, of course). Simply rename it to filename.mov, drag to your preferred folder, and you're done. Make sure to wait until the movie has downloaded completely before renaming the Temp file. :)

[Edited on 5-5-2004 by gonz]

Ngek. Tried to do it for a QT movie trailer that was save-disabled, but Finder couldn't find the the "QTPluginTemp" file. Followed the instructions naman. What gives?

Originally posted by Adel
Originally posted by gonz
Nifty tip, Adel, but you can achieve the same result without the need for a third-party app, even if it is free:

After watching the video or trailer on ITMS, do a Find (Command-F) in the Finder, and search for an invisible file named "QTPluginTemp" (without the quotes, of course). Simply rename it to filename.mov, drag to your preferred folder, and you're done. Make sure to wait until the movie has downloaded completely before renaming the Temp file. :)

[Edited on 5-5-2004 by gonz]

Ngek. Tried to do it for a QT movie trailer that was save-disabled, but Finder couldn't find the the "QTPluginTemp" file. Followed the instructions naman. What gives?

Dunno if this will also work for Safari but the way I do it with Mozilla is to set Mozilla's cache size to an unusually large number (50MB or so, basta bigger than what you think the movie trailer size is), then clear the cache first before watching the trailer. Afterwards, I go through the Mozilla cache folder and look for any recent cache file with a reasonably large file size and rename it to something.mov and try playing it with Quicktime Player. Works 100% of the time.

Safari's cache folder is an invisible folder though so it's a bit tricky with Safari. Maybe you can use Cocktail to show all invisible files/folders and look for the Safari cache folder inside Library -> Caches. :-)


~Henjie

Thanks for the tip Henjie! I couldn't find the trailer I just viewed in Safari by searching "QTPluginTemp" (I was only able to a 1MB file :o) so I used Mozilla and followed the method you described and it worked! :D

After installing iTunes 4.6, I can't seem to find the "QTPluginTemp" anymore. Is there anyone who's experiencing the same thing?

W

Is there any way you can do this on a PC? My regular connection is dial-up (for email and casual surfing) and whenever I want to download large files fast, I go to DSL-enabled internet cafes like Netopia and Station 168. Thanks, guys. :)

[Edited on 7-4-2004 by Jughead]

Jughead,

That's a big negative. :(

iTunes creates a temp file on a windows temp folder alright but you won't be able to copy it.

Bummer! Music videos are supposed to be promotional materials so anybody (especially us music fans) should be allowed to freely download them into our hard drives for personal use. What gives? :mad: