How to save .swf video -

[JD]

On 05/23/11 11:04, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 23/05/11 13:59, Frank Cox wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 May 2011 13:47:49 -0400
>> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>>>    Wget doesn't seem to work. The file it saves is much too small and
>>>       VLC doesn't react to it at all?
>> I just downloaded that file and looked at it with Firefox.  It showed me the
>> initial screen with a play button but when I pressed play I got a blank screen.
>>
>> So you got the initial "loader", and I'm guessing that it's some sort of a
>> multi-part video that looks for the rest of the file on the website after you
>> press play.
>>
>      Well maybe I'm doing this wrong. Here's the original link. It's
>      quite an interesting video [to me] something I have wondered about
>      but leaves more questions of course.
>
>          http://www.northernoil.com/drilling.php
>
>
I had no problem playing it in firefox, and download it with
the FF add-on DownloadHelper.