Flash Video Save Adapter makes saving Flash videos in Opera dead simple
One of my gripes with Opera is the lack of proper tools or even proper hacks to save videos and other embedded contents on a web page to the hard disk. Searching through Opera’s cache for the video you just watched is the most impossible task to accomplish, particularly if you have watched lots and lots of videos in recent times. Guess what? I just stumbled across the most wonderful tool made for Opera ever.
Flash Video Save Adapter for Opera is a tool that lets you save Flash videos via a simple right-click menu. Wow! that sounds dreamy.
The adapter runs as a separate application, but attaches itself to any Flash video players loaded on Opera. This is indicated by a small icon on the upper left corner of the video as shown in the screenshot below. The adapter window doesn’t bother you as it can be minimized to the system tray.
Right click on the icon and select “Save this flash video” to save it.
Before you install this tool, make sure you close all instances of Opera. The developer recommends Opera 9.64, but I tested it in version 9.63 without any issues. After installation launch both Flash Video Save Adapter and Opera. The Adapter will then connect to the browser and this will be indicated by a message “Connected and Enabled” on the adapter’s window. You can disconnect the adapter from the browser anytime by simply un-checking the check box.
The directory to save the videos can be customized from this window. Once a download is initiated the item will appear on the History Pane. This done, you can save another flash video without disrupting the previous download. If the video is being streamed through HTTP you can even close the webpage containing the video and adapter will continue downloading the video until it’s completed. Other protocols like RTMP and RTMPT are supported but you have to play the video right to the end to successfully save the video file.
There is another option called "Save multiple videos". If this checkbox is checked the adapter will automatically save all subsequent Flash videos played by this video player. However, this works only if the next video is played by the current instance of the video player. It does not work if a new instance of the video player is created to play the next video. For example, it will work if you click on related videos at the end of a YouTube video that launches the next video on the same player. It won’t work if you launch another tab to play another video.
I think most Opera users wouldn’t mind that. The ability to actually save YouTube videos on Opera without relying on some video saving website is more than enough.
