I that viewing an Imeem video creates a file called flaFB.tmp I attempted to copy it and put it on another drive to see if it could be converted to another format, but it won't let me copy it. I get a "unable to copy, file being used by another program". I've never encountered a file that couldn't be copied.
Further, when the Imeem window is closed, the file disappears.
Anyone know anything about this and how it can be circumvented?
muzicia...@yahoo.com wrote: > I that viewing an Imeem video creates a file called flaFB.tmp I > attempted to copy it and put it on another drive to see if it could be > converted to another format, but it won't let me copy it. I get a > "unable to copy, file being used by another program". I've never > encountered a file that couldn't be copied.
> Further, when the Imeem window is closed, the file disappears.
> Anyone know anything about this and how it can be circumvented?
Discussed here. Video type is Adobe/Macromedia Flash Video.
"Paul" <nos...@needed.com> wrote in message news:fngvuk$ufm$1@aioe.org... > muzicia...@yahoo.com wrote: >> I that viewing an Imeem video creates a file called flaFB.tmp I >> attempted to copy it and put it on another drive to see if it could be >> converted to another format, but it won't let me copy it. I get a >> "unable to copy, file being used by another program". I've never >> encountered a file that couldn't be copied.
>> Further, when the Imeem window is closed, the file disappears.
>> Anyone know anything about this and how it can be circumvented?
> Discussed here. Video type is Adobe/Macromedia Flash Video.
> "Paul" <nos...@needed.com> wrote in messagenews:fngvuk$ufm$1@aioe.org... > > muzicia...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> I that viewing an Imeem video creates a file called flaFB.tmp I > >> attempted to copy it and put it on another drive to see if it could be > >> converted to another format, but it won't let me copy it. I get a > >> "unable to copy, file being used by another program". I've never > >> encountered a file that couldn't be copied.
> >> Further, when the Imeem window is closed, the file disappears.
> >> Anyone know anything about this and how it can be circumvented?
> > Discussed here. Video type is Adobe/Macromedia Flash Video.
Actually, those don't work for imeem "sometimes" because some of the videos are just funky. it will try to download and imeem will close their certain download ports/services etc. and you'll end up getting a 0kb file.
If you REALLY want the video desperately... You can try doing a power turn off to your computer... either A. Unplug it or B. Turn it off using an auto switch. This will make it close and not close firefox, thus that flaxx.tmp will still be there and BAM you have your video. Also, i suggest using http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php to play it.
> "Paul" <nos...@needed.com> wrote in messagenews:fngvuk$ufm$1@aioe.org... > > muzicia...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> I that viewing an Imeem video creates a file called flaFB.tmp I > >> attempted to copy it and put it on another drive to see if it could be > >> converted to another format, but it won't let me copy it. I get a > >> "unable to copy, file being used by another program". I've never > >> encountered a file that couldn't be copied.
> >> Further, when the Imeem window is closed, the file disappears.
> >> Anyone know anything about this and how it can be circumvented?
> > Discussed here. Video type is Adobe/Macromedia Flash Video.
Actually, imeem is wierd because it doesn't allow certain videos to be downloaded for certain reasons. It is just security they placed in it to disable people from downloading from their site (to increase users watching and clicking on/looking at ads). Dam them... But anyway, the best/easiest way to fix this problem is let it download full (make sure it is windows temp) and then Unplug your computer or take out the power from it whatever way possible. Make sure all your programs don't have anything saved because taking out the power will turn off your computer...
But anyway, after you unplug it.. Firefox won't be able to delete it and it won't be using it (duh) and simply cut that to wherever you want and play it.
> I that viewing an Imeem video creates a file called flaFB.tmp I > attempted to copy it and put it on another drive to see if it could be > converted to another format, but it won't let me copy it. I get a > "unable to copy, file being used by another program". I've never > encountered a file that couldn't be copied.
> Further, when the Imeem window is closed, the file disappears.
> Anyone know anything about this and how it can be circumvented?
Imeem won't let firefox plugins work due to security blocks and plug- ins they made to ruin them... So, the easiest/fastest way is to quickly turn off your computer after downloading the video. In other words, unplugging it or doing w/e you can to make it stop getting energy. Plug it back in etc. and then the file won't be deleted and firefox won't be using it. :D.
> On Jan 26, 8:12 pm, "jim" <j...@home.net> wrote: >> "Paul" <nos...@needed.com> wrote in messagenews:fngvuk$ufm$1@aioe.org... >> > muzicia...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> I that viewing an Imeem video creates a file called flaFB.tmp I >> >> attempted to copy it and put it on another drive to see if it could be >> >> converted to another format, but it won't let me copy it. I get a >> >> "unable to copy, file being used by another program". I've never >> >> encountered a file that couldn't be copied.
>> >> Further, when the Imeem window is closed, the file disappears.
>> >> Anyone know anything about this and how it can be circumvented?
>> > Discussed here. Video type is Adobe/Macromedia Flash Video.
> Actually, imeem is wierd because it doesn't allow certain videos to be > downloaded for certain reasons. It is just security they placed in it > to disable people from downloading from their site (to increase users > watching and clicking on/looking at ads). Dam them... But anyway, the > best/easiest way to fix this problem is let it download full (make > sure it is windows temp) and then Unplug your computer or take out the > power from it whatever way possible. Make sure all your programs don't > have anything saved because taking out the power will turn off your > computer...
> But anyway, after you unplug it.. Firefox won't be able to delete it > and it won't be using it (duh) and simply cut that to wherever you > want and play it.
I wonder if Unlocker could be used to copy it while it is playing? It's worht a shot - and a heck of a lot less likely to cause system problems than unplugging the PC.
> So, the easiest/fastest way is to > quickly turn off your computer after downloading the video. In other > words, unplugging it or doing w/e you can to make it stop getting > energy. Plug it back in etc. and then the file won't be deleted and > firefox won't be using it. :D.
.laff I discovered this by accident since last checking this thread. I was in a big hurry to get out the door so I hit the kill switch on my UPS. When I powered back up I discovered the .tmp file was still there. Ah ha.... It works whether using Firefox or IE.
I was going to ask if there was a better, less jury-rigged way to do it. But I see several people came up with the same solution. Might give unlocker a try.
But how are they preventing you from copying the file when Imeem is active? I've never encountered a file that couldn't at least be copied whether it was being used or not.
muzicia...@yahoo.com wrote: > On Jan 29, 2:43 am, blackout...@gmail.com wrote:
>> So, the easiest/fastest way is to >> quickly turn off your computer after downloading the video. In other >> words, unplugging it or doing w/e you can to make it stop getting >> energy. Plug it back in etc. and then the file won't be deleted and >> firefox won't be using it. :D.
> .laff I discovered this by accident since last checking this thread. > I was in a big hurry to get out the door so I hit the kill switch on > my UPS. When I powered back up I discovered the .tmp file was still > there. Ah ha.... It works whether using Firefox or IE.
> I was going to ask if there was a better, less jury-rigged way to do > it. But I see several people came up with the same solution. Might > give unlocker a try.
> But how are they preventing you from copying the file when Imeem is > active? I've never encountered a file that couldn't at least be copied > whether it was being used or not.
Operating systems support various flavors of file locks. According to this, you may be able to check the properties of the file, while it is locked, but not be able to do things to it. So the first thing you'd want to acquire, is a utility that can tell you more about the file, while the file is under the control of Flash. (Maybe something in the Sysinternals.com collection...)
One mechanism that might work for defeating the lock, is if the place the file is stored, is on a "foreign file system". Say you had a share set up on a Linux box over Samba, and opened a file for locking on it. Windows might try to lock the file, but maybe the foreign file system doesn't support locking, or doesn't support it quite the same way. Then, if a process is running local on the Linux box, it may be able to copy the file any time you want. (Windows thinks it is locked, when in fact it is not.)
Now, because Windows likes to put so much stuff on the C: drive, this might not be as easy as it sounds. People writing programs, know that the C: drive is a more secure place to do stuff, so they may prevent places other than C: from being used. In that case, the plan isn't going to work. Sometimes you can set an environment variable, to declare a TMP directory, and perhaps changing the pointer to that in your Windows environment variables, would allow changing where the file is stored. It depends on whether Flash honors such a variable. If I was writing Windows code, I would ignore the user :-) Safer that way.
So you'd need some knowledge of the more intricate details of file locking on Windows, to find a weakness and exploit it.
I used to do various kinds of experiments on Unix boxes, years ago, with the two kinds of locks that were supported, for things like figuring out who owned the department's only license key for a computer program. But in that case, the Unix I was using had a very nice development environment. I could write short programs to do whatever testing I wanted. I don't think there is such a thing as "a short program" on a Windows box :-)
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