Cache Problems

[paulfr]

I like to save some of the videos that I watch from the net and usually can do this

easily by going to the Cache of my browser which is Firefox.

The location is ..

Index of file:///C:/Documents and Settings/nnn/Local Settings/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/mlzp5dob.default/Cache

I can usually find the file that I have watched and copy it to my video folder.

But sometimes this does not work because the cache stops saving the viewed videos.

I don't understand how to turn this on and/or off or why it stops saving

the viewed files [it saves everything the screen shows in addition to the videos]

I have a similar problem with IE doing this.

Does anyone know how to control this valuable action ?

I have tried warm and cold reboots and it does not clear the problem.

There is plenty of disc allocation available so its not memory limitations.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[Supernova]

Try:

VideoCacheView

[melsnet]

Videos files stored in the web browser are only temp files. Make sure you access it before viewing any more videos as it will be replaced.

I'm no expert, but I understand for some reason some site videos when viewed do not create a temp file in the cache.

If any one as the answer please let us know.

Just found this on Google. Hope it helps.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5111382/under-what-conditions-will-the-browser-cache-video-files

[paulfr]

Bump

Does anyone know how to manage the Cache in Firefox and/or IE ?

Sometimes all screen views are in the Cache, sometimes not.

Assume there is enough memory available.

Right now my cache will not show anything that is being viewed.

[Supernova]

Perhaps the cache is too small? As it gets filled up, older items are overwritten to make room for newer data. Try increasing the amount of disk space allocated to the cache. Do keep in mind, not all videos are stored in cache and are stored temporarily in the %TEMP% folder.

See also:

Manage the Cache size of your browser