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Orbit Downloader is free and seems to work with some tweaking.  There is a learning curve with this application.  The following steps were used to capture a video from a commercial web site.Orbit Downloader is free and seems to work with some tweaking.  People say it won't work but it does if you spend enough time to learn it and try different settings.  We had some work to get it going on our web browser compatibility.  Also, be sure you understand that it doesn't re-encode or convert video files for you.  It gets them but you have to find software to play the file in the native format.  There is a learning curve with this application.  The following steps were used to capture a video from a commercial web site.Once the flv file was downloaded it seemed to refuse to play in the Adobe Flash player. Once the flv file was downloaded it seemed to refuse to play in the Adobe Flash player.To play flv files that will not play in Adobe Flash Player we used VLC Player version .9.8a.  VLC Player opened and played both the audio and video of the flv file.  Older versions of VLC only played the audio.  If the video is missing it doesn't mean your flv file is incomplete.  It probably indicates the flv file version is too new for your version of VLC player to decode.  So far VLC Player version .9.8a has successfully decoded and played both audio and video for the flv files we have tested.  To play flv files that will not play in Adobe Flash Player we used VLC ([[VideoLAN Player]]) version .9.8a.  VLC Player opened and played both the audio and video of the flv file.  Older versions of VLC only played the audio.  If the video is missing it doesn't mean your flv file is incomplete.  It probably indicates the flv file version is too new for your version of VLC player to decode.  So far VLC Player version .9.8a has successfully decoded and played both audio and video for the flv files we have tested.  If video or audio won't play, typically one or the other, rarely both you may need to upgrade VLC player to latest version.  Even with latest version some audio types are not supported.  See message:[[Image:00vlcdoesntsupptundf.png]]Error Message: No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format "undf". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.This YouTube video plays silent because VLC cannot decode the audio.  You can wait for a newer version of VLC to be release or try another flv file player.
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