Problem when saving web pages and viewing them when offline?

Question

I've saved some webpages containing flash video. When I'm offline some pages with videos will play for a while and then suddenly will play no more, while others will not play at all. I've recently upgraded to IE 7. I'm using windows XP.

Could somebody please tell me how to save webpages containing flash videos that will play for me when I'm offline.

Thank You.

Answer 1

Most of flash videos on Internet are written with query strings(?videoId=xxxx)... The Flash player needs this string to complete some link or some script that works with a relative path. If you store the page on your computer but don't have the same path and directories the flash will not work offline.

An example:

"swf/videos/viedeoID.swf" If you use this path on internet explorer it'll try to get:

C:/swf/videos/videoID.swf", and as you dont have this directory and the file on your computer it won't work. But if you open it online it'll probably get: "http://site.site.com/swf/videos/videoID... a path that exists, so the flash movie will be played.

So you have to store the flash/movie FILE on you computer and create the same relative path...

HOPE IT HELPS...

Answer 2

You'll probably have to store them on a disc