Saving Quicktime files for offline access.

[hamster8 at hotmail.com]

This is in response to my last post, which was in response to 
Paula's.  I've been fiddling about, and quite by chance, have 
actually managed to do it.  So here's how to do it for PCs running MS 
Internet Explorer.

You NEED to have a Quicktime Player on your PC already (that should 
be obvious).   

Go to 'Tools' on the highest toolbar.  Go down to 'Internet 
Options.'  Once there, click on 'Settings' in the 'Temporary Internet 
Files' box (second one down, between 'Home Page' and 'History')  With 
me?  Good.  Now click on 'View Files.'  This page may take a minute 
to load, depending on just how much content you have stored offline 
(your PC makes a copy of *every* file you view, so if, like me, you 
don't clean out this folder very often, there could well be hundreds 
of files there) ... scroll down (deleting unwanted or morally dubious 
files as you go *vbeg*) until you find the Quicktime movie file.  It 
is called trailer2_aolwb_lo[1].mov (depending on which version you 
have, it could also be called _med or _hi ... but it *will* be 
there).  Now go to 'edit' and 'copy' the file.  *Now* get rid of the 
temporary files page and minimize your internet connection.  Open 'My 
Computer' on your desktop ... and go into 'Program Files' ... open 
the Quicktime folder.  Go to the drop down toolbar at the top, and 
select 'edit' again.  Now click on paste.  It *will* paste the movie 
file into your Quicktime player.  As these files are so large (lo 
quality is more than 10MB) you might want to go back to the temporary 
internet files page and *delete* the stored version ... as it is 
unlikely you'll be needing it again if you actually have a copy.  Now 
play it back, use freeze frame, make Harry and Ron run backwards to 
your heart's content!  Yay!

Al
*v pleased with himself*