Saving Quicktime files for offline access.

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

Al, thank you so much for posting this.  I spent an hour this morning 
downloading the trailer, and followed your instructions.  It worked.  
The difference in quality between this and Realplayer is incredible.

Thanks again,
Catherine



--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., hamster8 at h... wrote:
> 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*