iTunes Music Videos

[Lester]

How do you save the music videos in the iTunes Music Store? It's got to be cached as a temp file somewhere. But where and what file? I'm thinking of saving these videos just in case the rumored "video iPod" might be able to play music videos as well!

[Henjie]

Originally posted by Lester
How do you save the music videos in the iTunes Music Store? It's got to be cached as a temp file somewhere. But where and what file? I'm thinking of saving these videos just in case the rumored "video iPod" might be able to play music videos as well!

Forgot exactly where I got this tip but: load the video (using iTunes, make sure the video's completely loaded), open up Terminal, then enter the following command:

cp -v `lsof |grep -i QTP| grep iTunes|awk '{ print $9 }'` ~/Desktop/currentmusicvideo.mov

Hit enter and the movie will appear on your desktop as "currentmusicvideo.mov". ;-)

Another way is to search for a file named "QTPluginTemp" on your hard drive. Actual filename will be QTPluginTempxxxxxxxx (x = number). Drag the file to a folder of your choice, rename it (don't forget to add the .mov suffix), and you just saved the video. ;-)


~Henjie

[Edited on 10-11-2004 by Henjie]

[jofab]

Henjie, your technical tips never ceases to amaze me!
Thanks!

[Henjie]

Originally posted by jofab
Henjie, your technical tips never ceases to amaze me!
Thanks!

All credit goes to whoever discovered the hack. I'm just the messenger. :-)


~Henjie

[amont]

just use itms extractor. you can get it at macupdate.com

[koowieq]

hi, need help. i just burned a cd from my playlist at itunes kaso when i listened to it, the sequence was changed to alphabetical order of the song titles instead of track numbers. tapos when i use toast naman i couldnt take out the 2 sec pause inbetween tracks. hope somebody can give me some tips. thanks!

[Lester]

Yes, yes! Thanksss messenger Henj! And a nice, simple app there too, amont, i've just downloaded it and tried it. Does an excellent job!