locked files from websites

[vhelp]

so i'm viewing a music video from a website and decide to keep it. i don't want to go bother relearning all that rtmp stuff and whatnot. i don't want to screen capture it either since my connection speed is only DSL and its not perfect. so, with a little luck, i find the file in a temp folder. however, the file is locked.

1. i tried to rename it. it won't let me do that.
2. i tried the usual click-drag, release to copy it, but it won't let me do that either.
3. i tried to open via hex. it won't let me do that either.
4. if i close down the webpage, the file will be deleted. it is not recoverable via undelete apps. i tried that too.

its not a movie, its a 3.5 minute low quality music video.

so what do you do (to recover or copy) a file like this ? did i miss anything else ?

[johns0]

If you are using firefox you can use the addon downloadhelper and see if it will download for you.

[vhelp]

ok, i searched and found a

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/

and clicked the [+ add to firefox] button .. it went through the installation process (I think) but i don't see the add-on feature.

[vhelp]

ok, i read a little more. i went to this site:

http://www.downloadhelper.net/welcome.php?version=4.9.21

i should see three colored circles when a potential file is d/l'able. but they are grayed. i used its test videos that should work, but the circles are still grayed out and no arrows are showing.

[johns0]

I had the same issues that you are describing,i had to refresh and click on the links,quit and reload and fiddle with the settings and finally got the links to work.

[vhelp]

nevermind. it seems to be working. actually, the video from that website is recording, too.

i still don't have an answer to the locked file or file in use issue.

but at least this method works, thank you for your help!