How to Download Videos From MegaVideo

Posted by Saad Hamid on August 29, 2007

Everyone knows that YouTube has a serious competitor in the Internet market and its none other than MegaVideo. MegaVideo claims to beat YouTube with its new set of features and services. This service will let you make money online by just uploading and sharing videos and is itself a complete repository of online videos just like YouTube. Though MegaVideo is far from beating YouTube but people have already started using it to share great videos but the problem is that you cannot download MegaVideo videos unless you are a premium member. On the other hand we have services like Online YouTube Downloader which let you download a YouTube video instantly to your PC.

Download Videos From MegaVideo

However with this little trick bought to you by HelloGiri you can easily download and save MegaVideo videos to your computer and watch them offline whenever you like.

Open your MegaVideo video in your browser and let it load fully
After you are done watching the video online, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Settings -> View Files (For IE)
Now you will get a large size file with long name and unknown type there
Copy and paste that file at desktop, this file is the video file in flv format
Rename it with flv extension, say e.g. MyMega.flv

I have tested the trick myself and it works great. See the screen below to get an idea what the file looks like and where to look for it (I tested the trick on Internet Explorer)

Notes:

Download and use FLV Player as you will be needing it to watch the downloaded videos.
Remember to close all browsers and applications while trying to copy the video file

Make sure you perform this trick using Internet Explorer and not Firefox. For Firefox users, they will have to manually themselves locate the Temporary Internet Files folder in order to get this trick to work.

Don't forget to bookmark the post for future reference

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Giridhar

Thanx for linking me.I have done nothing with your URL in first comment, it came itself. It seems that your wordpress have different settings. Check it on other wordpress blog for your URL. Enjoy.

Caleb

Very helpful! Thank you!! Oh yeah, and after you get the file, you can go to www.media-convert.com and convert it to IPod or DVD

Dj Flush

Giridhar Oh that was just a glitch I fixed it so no worries :) but I must say the tutorial made by you is awesome.

Caleb Thanks for liking the trick and sharing an awesome resource for online file conversion.

mA*sEiRyo

thanks for your suggestion

i'm now trying to get it
,but it's still didn't work However I'll try again**thanks

Nikita

This doesnt work in Firefox. only in internet explorer. sorry mozilla users

ric

When i copy and paste the file onto the deskptop, it is in html. Am i doing something wrong?

Dj Flush

Try renaming it to *.flv :) though if you see the screenshot that I have posted here it shows that the file won't have any extension at all.

megamoto

unfortunately it copies the file to the TEMP folder. The file extension there is *.tmp. Those files CANNOT be copied.
I extended the size of allowed data of the Temporary Internet Files Folder to >1GB. I don't know why it copies the file in the TEMP folder and not in the TempIEFiles-Folder. Any Idea?

Dj Flush

If you are using Internet Explorer then the full loaded video will be copied to Temporary Internet Files as cache which can be easily copied to your desktop and can be renamed.

If you take a look at the screenshot you might figure out where to look for it. It worked perfect for me though.

Vhunter

Ok These methods are so backwards...
Firefox users justneed a program called download helper, it's part of firefox's addons...creates a tri-colored icon, and it works like a charm.
go here:
http://www.downloadhelper.net/install.php

Then download MPCStar, which has a FLV player built in, to watch your .flv vids in full screen format.

Have fun

ric

Yeah, i found it in my temporary internet files section, but the type of file it is under, is HTML document and is different to the screenshot of ur temporary file. And when i copy and paste it onto the desktop, it merely saves a link of it, so when i open it it goes directly back to megavideo.

I've tried renaming it to Megavideo.flv, but alas it doesnt change the fact that its just a link to the video.

Any help would be much appreciated.

MovieGalaxy

Thanks, Some of the videos that I post are in MegaShare, great tutorial.

kimimaro

It really works thanx dude... :D

boo

I want to get the FLV code from megavideo so I can host a FULL movie on my site. I do not like the megavideo player at all. It's ugly, YES?

Anyway...
But, I can't seem to find a right site to do this.

TheOne

Hi all,
I have created Megavideo link Decoder for you all. you can download it from

http://rapidshare.com/files/54507995/MegaVideo_...

This is beta version so comments & suggestions are most welcomed.

dare666

Thanks man...it really works...but it takes several hour for me to find the file...if anybody have a problem just click "size" button so you can easily find it below which is the highest size.

videolinks

Using Firefox download helper is a lot easier.

just make sure to click CTRL while selecting the file to be downloaded which would show as an flv file already.
And then using a download manager to download the actual URL(flv) and not the page URL(html), you don't even have to finish the whole movie just to get the movie.

Once downloading starts on your download manager, you can surf to other sites, close your browser and your download still continues.

For more info, feel free to visit
http://teresagiesecke.darktech.org

Linda

Hi, I have downloaded firefox download helper, but when I tried to download a movie (1hr and 30 minutes) long, it only let me download 18 minutes of it...? Can you help me figure out what's wrong? Thanks

Saad Hamid

Its probably because Megavideo now puts a limit on the number of minutes of a video that a free user can watch daily.

o2bebe

Im using vista's IE, and i have no idea how to work this out.
I tried looking for the file. but couldnt find any, help pls?

am991

I managed to download the video but the problem is that when I rename it I can't watch the video, even when I typed .flv

Any1 have any idea why?

Dj Flush

Guys please leave this unreliable hack to download videos from MegaVideo as there is a more reliable service that will do the same job for you

Take a look at ClipNabber

Brian

we have a second option to download videos from megavideo; with a tool that i found on http://ytc.dsnetwb.com and its name is smart media hunter, it can download the videos as flv or avi.

Lil Dude

Oh My God! This method really is a pain in the ass. Can you please explain it in a better way?

Dj Flush

Please everyone use ClipNabber from now on and forget this trick.

Giloo

Great tutorial! Thanx so much. I've found that once in your temp internet files, if you sought the folder into file size (rightclick>sort by>size) the videos will all fall to the bottom of the page which makes finding them an easier task...

Richmond

Yes this trick is working but I have the easiest way to download it while watching. First download a Real Player 11 beta then go to Megavideo website using Mozilla put the cursor on the video about 3 seconds and then a Real Player toolbox will appear and download the file normally. If you have questions then please ask :)

maguire

I am using Mozilla. Just typed about:cache on the location bar and the fifth line would show the location of the temp files folder. Found the folder and I saw the flv file while the Megavideo was still downloading but when the video finished downloading it disappeared somehow. The video could still be watched but wasn't able to save it afterwards.

Does anyone know why? I mean does the adobe flash settings have anything to do with it? I guess I should copy it to my desktop just before the video finishes downloading. Please any ideas anyone?

The Real N@pster

Hi...!

I am Using IE-7 and initially there is no temporary files folder i the local settings...It is there as "Temp".

Then I checked whether any file is saving temporarily in the Temp folder while i was playing a MegaVideo file.

Yeah! A file size was increasing exponentially...

Then i thought ... I can save this file... and rename it as "Example.flv"

But the moment I closed Internet Explorer...suddenly that file was invisible...it got deleted somehow ... I dont know how it happened.. the size was about 320MB..

Please take care ... and help me

OmnisOfBlades

If you have youtube downloader you can convert any video to many different formats.

myvideolinks

you should try saving it to another location while the browser is still open and the page is still on.

Just copy and paste it and rename it to another location. :)

hope that helps.

Thanks

Thanks for instructions but I was expecting something different.

Ahsen Junaid

Assalam-o-alikum
or
hi
The thing is that this trick is very old i myself use
www.clipnabber.com and www.keepvid.com to download the videos
just have to copy the url of the video u r watching and place it on the site and click "Nab it" or downloadit it shows a link below and by clicking it the download of the video starts its very easy and also for mozilla firefox users there is an add-on of fire fox which download the video . it supports almost 100 sites just search for "Down them All" in google and download the addon then open the page of the video click the video link shown above right to the address bar a 3 colored balloon wil be present with an arrow click the arrow and then the link shown
please reply to me
ahsen_j@hotmail.com
Goodbye
Allahhafiz

Senix

You could open the downlaod link for megavideo in safari, there you can download the .flv instantly ;)

Hannah

Thank you sooooooooo much! :)

James

Hi All.

I have to second the realplayer idea. I am using it to download a movie off of megavideo right now, and it works perfectly!

ehcomunicacion

Great tip

Mark

Thanks, I've been trying to download the Anime Episodes I've been watching at http://www.youranimenow.com

Thanks to this I can download them now :D

Chess

I dunno about you all but it works fine on my laptop! Hehehehehe I've downloaded tons and tons of videos, not just from Megavideo but practically every website that features flash videos!

Good job!

chris latimer

Personally am using the Firefox download helper and thats working fine for me so am happy.

Lemur

Clipnabber and other websites aren't working with MegaVideo anymore... And when I go to my temp. files (through the folder, about:cache, etc.) they aren't showing up. My Unplug (for Firefox) isn't finding them anymore, either.

I guess MegaVideo has fixed it so people can't download their files anymore..?

Ramin

O man this sht helped me alot, thanks bro

John Bower

I use vid23.com ... it gets me the original video's link that only premium members were able to get. but with this site, anyone can get the URL :)

Ralextheoncq

God bless your little heart J. Bower! I didn't think I'd ever be able to download off of megavideo again.
ever grateful,
Ralex

joe

THank you soo much dudee!! you saved mee a couple hundred bucks!!

Klaudia

Thanks for this awesome link!

Klaudia

Vid23 doesn't work anymore :(

Curious Mind

Download video's from Megavideo how to,

Step 1: Have Firefox installed

Step 2: Install Adblock+

Step 3: Play video

Step 4: In Firefox go to "Tools/Options/ and unclick Javascript"

Step 5: Open Adblock plus "Blockable items on page thingy, scroll down to where it will say e.g. "http://www528.megavideo.com/files/Random Shiz/", copy this address in browser window, save file, rename it "whateveryouwant.flv"

Step 6: Watch it,personally I use Media Player Classic installed but you can use VLC Media player to watch it plus its free :)

VLC Media Player

And remember sharing is caring!

Shensen

Good job finding that site, but the conformation code dosent show up (as if the picture is missing). I dont know what code to put in, so i cant use the site. does that happen to anybody else?

Shisho

Hello, there is an easyer way to download from megavideo without account directly to an avi file, I found this program:

http://www.movier.tv

nomad

I tried downloading movies with the Realplayer video download feature AND the Firefox add-on but those tools only download a certain amount of the movie. Like 64 minutes downloaded only. I need help with downloading movies!

dopple

If you are using linux, you can pause the video and then open your /tmp/ directory. The paused video should be there.

Hasini

wow! it works! thank you!

nick1001

Thank you very much for a useful info!

El Marginado

If you are a Firefox User, can do it easyer.

You could install a litle complement called DOWNLOAD HELPER and this program do exactly than you need

Dont like to giv name

too bad.......
is thr any other ways 2 download it????
without wastin too much time???

suoko

the /tmp solution is the easiest

araheem

Its work perfactly....but if clip start/stored from beginning....if we start from any portion...then its stored in int.temp. folder as 255788(1) , its not play.

menchester03

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megaaathma

does not work any longer

mega aathma

does not work any longer

aadi

thanxs... m the mew user for this site and i wanted to download these movies from megavideo, but every time i try to download, it works for while then suddenly gets failed.. i hope that your trick might work.. surely i'l try this.. thanxs..................

achmadz

Hello,
in case someone looking for some alternative MegaVideo downloader (other than posted on comments above), I've created my own MegaVideo downloader. Here's the site:
http://www.megavideodownloader.com
let me know if there's something wrong with my site.

bunt

megavideodownloader is awesome man.

toyma

Hello,

tried your site. I hated the survey thing. Even if you register for the lotto thing, you can't download the file. Loss of time

achmadz

Hi,
Alright.. I've enabled "Close" button for the survey so you can skip it, but in exchange please visit the sponsors/ads. Once a day is enough, I think it's a fair for both of us, isn't it?

peterseller

If using a MAC - download the free "Flash Video Downloader 2". Open the Megavideo Page with the movie. Copy the URL and insert it in the "FVD2". Insert the name of the movie - press download. Thats it. After downloading - use a FLV Player to watch. ;_)

hidayath

hello sir

i am using awhoo.com to watch movies and it is the site which uses megavideo ( i mean all the movies are uploaded in megavideo ) but the thing is when i begin the movie it will play for 62 minute and ask me to wait for some time

ok here is the question
i have also installed internet download manager in my computer and in my browser so when any video is playing in the browser it will ask me to download where i can click download button and start downloading it. but

point 1. it will download till the permission which is allotted (it can not download full length movie) and stops in some where in the middle
point 2. when i restart the download it will not continue from where it left
point 3. if i start downloading it from the middle of the movie and save it to my computer then the file does not play in any player even in flv player (even i have changed the extention)

is their any other way where i can download the full length movie with out taking any risk also with good clarity for free

achmadz

awhoo.com is parked domain.. are you spamming?

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