How to get the FLV of video sites

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    I want to create a thumbnail from video url that user submits from video sites like youtube, google video, metacafe etc. For example user can submit this video url: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6204903272262158881

    I know that we can use ffmpeg to create the thumbnail but we have to get the video file (FLV) first, right? how to get the FLV from the site?
     
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  2. Kidijs

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    you could try keepvid.com. they have some sort of encryption, which doesn't allow to download videos to ordinary mortals, but just programs/sites, which decrypt the quite simple (I think javascript) encryption method. There are many more ways described here : mashable.com/2007/05/05/download-youtube-video/
     
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    search how to download from you tube you will find alot of nice programmes
     
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    Use the copy() function www.php.net/copy
     
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    No, i mean like ulinkx.com, if you're a member you can add video by entering the video url from any sites and they will capture the thumbnail of those videos. When I opened this thread I thought they download the video first, but I'm wrong, it seems they don't download because it will take a long time to download video just for getting the thumbnail. So, how do they do that?
     
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