How to use Adblock to download media files

So you’ve always visited sites with embedded media files, be it music or video or maybe an occasional flash game. You want to download it for future viewing and just because you’re a digital hoarder (like me, I know, it’s insane).

For the illustration below I have used Youtube as an example, but pretty much most of the sites that embed media files will work with this trick (I say most, don’t kill me for it)(*cough* try it on my box.net files *cough*).

Here’s how I go about it (click the images for larger version):

Step 1: Download and install the Adblock Plus Addon (if you haven’t already).

Step 2: Go to the site you want to download the embedded files from.

Step 3: Click the Adblock Plus button and select the file (usually under object sub-request). Right click the selected file and copy the item’s address.

Step 4: Open your download manager (I use DownThemAll!, but others will work), paste the item’s address and download away! (note: remove the noflv=1 if it’s from Youtube)

What to do with them files then? Use good ole’ VLC player to open it. For flash games, open in the browser of your choice. Now go and experiment with this trick.