VideoCacheView - Play Videos Anytime Watched Before On Web

After watching a video in a Web site, you may want to save the video file into your local disk for playing it offline in the future. If the video file is stored in your browser's cache, this utility can help you to extract the video file from the cache and save it for watching it in the future.

It automatically scans the entire cache of Internet Explorer and Mozilla-based Web browsers (Including Firefox) and finds all video files that are currently stored in it. It allows you to easily copy the cached video files into another folder for playing/watching them in the future. If you have a movie player that is configured to play flv files, it also allows you to play the video directly from your browser's cache. 

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HOW TO USE

VideoCacheView doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. In order to start using it, simply run the executable file (VideoCacheView.exe)

After running VideoCacheView, it scan the cache folders of your Internet Explorer and Mozilla browsers, as well as the temporary folder of Windows. Wait 5 - 30 seconds until the scanning process is finished, and the main window of VideoCacheView should display all the video files that are currently in cache. After the video list is displayed, you can use one of the following options, assuming that the video files are stored in the cache ('In Cache' = Yes):

• Play Selected File: Allows you to play the video file directly from the cache, assuming that you have a video player that is configured to play .flv files.
• Copy Selected Files To: Allows to copy the video files from the cache into another folder, so you will be able to play them in the future.

If you have a video file that is not stored in the cache ('In Cache' = No), you can use the 'Open Download URL In Browser' option (F8) in order to download the video file. You can also use the 'Copy Download URLs' option (Ctrl+U) to copy the download URLs to the clipboard, and then use then in your browser or in other download software.

Be aware that some Web sites may not allow you to download a video file in this way.

Flash Video Files In Temporary Folder

Each time that a Web browser plays a Flash video file, the .flv file is saved into the temporary folder of Windows. Normally, you cannot copy this temporary file to another folder, because the flash player locks the file exclusively. Also the file is automatically deleted when you close the Web browser.

Starting from version 1.10, VideoCacheView displays the flash files in the temporary folder, and allows you to copy them into another folder. VideoCacheView can handle temporary flash files created by Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, Opera Web browser. Be aware that you must wait until the browser finish to download them. otherwise, the copied files will be corrupted.
Playing Video Files Directly From The Cache

Most Web sites today use Flash video files (.flv extension) for playing video inside the Web page.

VideoCacheView doesn't provide a build-in video player, but if you already have a video player that is configured to play .flv files, VideoCacheView will be able to use it for playing the video files directly from the Web browser's cache. If you don't have a video player that can play .flv files, you may try one of the following freeware solutions:

• Applian FLV Player (Free)
• GOM Player

Command Line Options

Command	Desciption
/copyall {Folder}	Copy all video files that are currently stored in the cache into the specified folder. If you don't specify a folder, VideoCacheView will ask you to choose it.
/copyalltemp {Folder}	Copy all .flv (Flash) video files currently stored in the temporary folder. If you don't specify a folder, VideoCacheView will ask you to choose it.
/copymms <Source .dat file> <Destination .wmv file>	Convert a .dat file created when playing mms streams (Usually in the cache of the browser) into .wmv file that can be played by Media Player.
/stext <Filename>	Save the list of all video files into a regular text file.
/stab <Filename>	Save the list of all video files into a tab-delimited text file.
/scomma <Filename>	Save the list of all video files into a comma-delimited text file.
/stabular <Filename>	Save the list of all video files into a tabular text file.
/shtml <Filename>	Save the list of all video files into HTML file (Horizontal).
/sverhtml <Filename>	Save the list of all video files into HTML file (Vertical).
/sxml <Filename>	Save the list of all video files to XML file.
/sort <column>	This command-line option can be used with other save options for sorting by the desired column. If you don't specify this option, the list is sorted according to the last sort that you made from the user interface. The <column> parameter can specify the column index (0 for the first column, 1 for the second column, and so on) or the name of the column, like "Content Type" and "Filename". You can specify the '~' prefix character (e.g: "~Content Type") if you want to sort in descending order. You can put multiple /sort in the command-line if you want to sort by multiple columns. Examples: VideoCacheView.exe /shtml "f:\temp\cache.html" /sort 2 /sort ~1 VideoCacheView.exe /shtml "f:\temp\cache.html" /sort "Browser" /sort "Filename"
/nosort	When you specify this command-line option, the list will be saved without any sorting.
/AddExportHeaderLine <0 | 1>	Add header line to tab-delimited or csv files. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/ShowNonCachedFiles <0 | 1>	Show non-cached files. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/ShowVideoFiles <0 | 1>	Show video files. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/ShowAudioFiles <0 | 1>	Show audio files. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/ShowSWFFiles <0 | 1>	Show .swf (flash) files. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/ShowImageFiles <0 | 1>	Show image files. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/ShowAdvancedOptionsOnStart <0 | 1>	Show 'Advanced Options' window when you run VideoCacheView. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/LoadIE <0 | 1>	Load video files from the cache of Internet Explorer. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/LoadMozilla <0 | 1>	Load video files from the cache of Firefox. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/LoadOpera <0 | 1>	Load video files from the cache of Opera. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/LoadChrome <0 | 1>	Load video files from the cache of Chrome Web browser. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/LoadTempFolder <0 | 1>	Load video files from the temporary folder of Windows. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.

Examples:
VideoCacheView.exe /copyall c:\Temp\VideoFiles
VideoCacheView.exe /copyalltemp c:\Temp\VideoFiles
VideoCacheView.exe /copyalltemp
VideoCacheView.exe /copymms f:\temp\6723.dat f:\temp\6723.wmv
VideoCacheView.exe /stext c:\temp\video_list.txt
Language  Support

Language	Translated By	Date	Version
Arabic	ãÇÌÏ ÇáÍÓíä ÔÈßÉ ÏäíÇ ÇáÈÑÇãÌ	10/09/2008	1.15
Brazilian Portuguese	MCHAL	23/06/2011	1.94
Bulgarian	Óåá äèçàéí Ñòóäèî ÀÁÀ	15/03/2010	1.56
Czech	Ruská ruleta 2008	27/10/2008	v 1.01
Dutch	Jan Verheijen	18/07/2011	1.95
Dutch	Sander Lambregts	05/03/2009	1.42
French	papoo	23/04/2010	1.60
French	Pietekes	02/05/2011	1.91
Galician	Xosé Antón Vicente Rodríguez	12/12/2007
German	«Latino» auf WinTotal.de	02/08/2011	1.96
Greek	Âáóßëçò Êïóìßäçò (SkyHi)	31/12/2008	1.36
Hebrew	Aron Don, Israel	19/07/2011	1.95
Hungarian	ZityiSoft	20/06/2009
Italian	Fabio Milocco	07/05/2011	1.92
Italian	Alessandro Viscone	23/06/2011	1.94
Japanese	Kasabake	14/10/2010	1.80
Korean	Jong Ku Lee.(ÀÌÁ¾±¸)	21/05/2011	`v1.92`
Polish	Hightower	03/08/2011	1.96
Polish	Hightower	19/07/2011	1.95
Portuguese Brazil	Cristiano Boiko	01/03/2011
Russian	-=U.M@x®=-	14/02/2011	1.86
Russian	KoNDoR	01/07/2011	1.94
Simplified Chinese	203X	20/09/2010	1.77
Simplified Chinese	Lewen@²©ÑÅÓîÐù	01/07/2011	1.94
Simplified Chinese	dingsq	30/01/2011	1.84
Slovak	Maroš REGEŠ	12/02/2011	1.86
Spanish	Alvaro Prieto	23/04/2010	1.6
Spanish	Ricardo A. Rivas	15/02/2011	1.86
Taiwanese	»OÆW¦@©M°ê Republic of Taiwan	19/11/2009	1.52
Traditional Chinese	¤¦·¬ Danfong-¦ä¤G¹q®ð¶E©Ò	04/06/2011	1.93
Traditional Chinese	µo¹Ú King	04/03/2010	1.55
Thai	»ÃÐÊÔ·¸Ôì á¤ÀÙà¢ÕÂÇ	25/03/2008
Turkish	HARUN ARI	04/08/2011	1.96
Valencian	vjatv	18/11/2007