Direct Link?

May 7, 2006 11:26 AM

How do I direct link to an AVI on Google Video?

In a thread on the main page about the "Why We Fight" documentary on Google Video, someone posted a direct link that, when clicked, began to download or open the video file.
How does one determine the web address of one of those videos? Right clicking on an image, a photo, will often yeild that advice, but not in that instance.

posted by swlabr to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Do you not see a "download" button to the right of the video window -- there's a choice of Windows/Mac or PSP? Once you click on that, there will be a link you can copy to the link to the AVI [in most browsers the file will start also start downloading but you can stop that if you're just trying to get the URL of the file.
posted by birdherder at 12:47 PM on May 7, 2006

Tried this?
posted by ed\26h at 12:48 PM on May 7, 2006

Drag this link to your toolbar. Click on it when you are watching a video.
posted by null terminated at 2:51 PM on May 7, 2006

The above link has been filtered. Instructions on this page.
posted by null terminated at 2:54 PM on May 7, 2006

birdherder: some AVI files are hidden from Windows users.
posted by null terminated at 2:55 PM on May 7, 2006

I like this.
posted by Jesco at 7:33 PM on May 7, 2006