In OS X, how can I capture sound from a QuickTime video in my browser window?

July 1, 2004 3:23 PM

In OS X, how can I capture sound from a QuickTime video in my browser window? I can't save the video to disk.
posted by kirkaracha to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

audiohijack (i'm sure there are others)
posted by amberglow at 3:41 PM on July 1, 2004

wiretap. better and doesn't use the haxie ape either.
posted by grimley at 4:09 PM on July 1, 2004

Response by poster: Thanks!
posted by kirkaracha at 4:27 PM on July 1, 2004

No, Wiretap merely installs a kernel extension. If you don't like programs screwing with your system, the APE method is actually less intrusive, since it affects only applications and not the system itself.
posted by kindall at 5:22 PM on July 1, 2004

Actually, if you're willing to get into the code a tiny bit, you can almost always download quicktime movies to disk. If you can find the URL to the movie, just make a file that has a link to the url and open that in your browser, then right click or whatever. If it's one of those pesky "Click here to launch movie" loader pages, save that movie to disk and open it in a text editor, and you'll see the URL to the actual file in there. Then you can even use iMovie to extract the audio.
posted by ulotrichous at 8:56 PM on July 1, 2004