How to Download Audio Clips, Videos, and Games for Free

If you’re like me you might be going through some of your favorite websites and then you see a game, video, or audio clip that you just gotta have, so after looking around the site or perhaps rummaging around Google (or Bing) for an hour, you finally find a download site, but it requires you to donate, pay, or do whatever to get it. But never fear, Firefox is here! Here is a simple way to download just about any streaming audio or video.All you need is Firefox. I’ll also include some instructions for downloading games. In this post I’m going to be using a Motorola Droid audio clip (just because it’s cool), and Fragger (a Miniclip game).

First, you’re going to need to install Mozilla Firefox Web Browser if you don’t already have it. It can be found here.

Now open up Firefox and navigate to the website that contains the media that you want. Next, click on the Tools Menu in the upper left corner and click on Page Info from the menu that pops up.

A new window will open up.This is where it gives information about the page that you are on including the MEDIA that is located on the page. Click on the media tab at the top of the window. Depending on what you are trying to download, you should see a list of several items. Now look in the list for the item that you want.Often the type of file you want will be embedded. In my case I highlighted the only item on the list which,(from the file details) I can tell that it is an audio clip.When you highlight something it will show you details below such as the location, file type, size, dimensions, and sometimes a file preview. You can easily save any of the media listed, by highlighting the file that you want, and then clicking the Save As... button. You can then choose a location for where to save it. Once it has downloaded you can play it whenever you want. Note this works for videos and audio clips, but with online games, instead of looking for embedded things like .mp3 or .wmv, look for an embedded object that ends with .swf. That will be your game because games almost always, games use flash player, (which is that type of file). To download it, click the Save As... button, and select an easy-to-find location to save it in. To open it, simply click on it and when it asks you what program to use when opening it, select Firefox.There you have it! Please be sure to check the site's permission and copyright issues before downloading. I am not responsible for anything you do with your media.

Signing off,

Spyguy