Tracing back original page of embeded media

I need to trace back to an original source page of an embedded video, so that I may use the embed code myself, however the video as I found it does not allow you to do so by clicking on it(as most do). I tried URL snooper but it just gave me the video file source as opposed to the original page where the embed link would be found. The video is from myspace video, and the site I found it on seems to be using a custom player, and that's why you can't follow the vid to it's original myspace page.

Is it possible to find the url of the original page so I can get the embed code? Hopefully this is the correct forum for this question.

Any help is appreciated. ^_^

 

Video players require a source file (unless it's embedded), so I would view the source of the page. The path or URL is usually a parameter to the video player object. Many sites use this approach, but it's easy to bypass.

 

Hi O_O

Thanks for responding. Yeah, I looked at the source for the embed code, or some sort of way to it. The weird thing about it is that they are directly linking to the file source and apparently using their own swf player to play it... Or at least that's how it seems. So, I have the source file link and I know it's hosted on myspace video, but how they are displaying it, or how to get the embed code found on the actual myspace video page... I'm at a total loss.

The embed code from the source after decoding it from unescape looks like so:

<script language="javascript">
document.write( unescape( '<embed src="http://www.animekuro.com/layout/swf.swf" width="550" height="470" bgcolor="000000" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=http://cache01-videos02.myspacecdn.com/107/vid_616bc6bb7e4e492b98d8e006c9e8dfae.flv&skin=http://www.animekuro.com/layout/dangdang.swf&logo=http://www.animekuro.com/pics/logo.png&image=http://www.animekuro.com/pics/embedplay.jpg"></embed>' ) );
</script>

Code (markup):

where "file=http://cache01-videos02.myspacecdn.com/107/vid_616bc6bb7e4e492b98d8e006c9e8dfae.flv" is the source file.

 

I downloaded the source file; it's an Anime video clip 24:29 length. Basquash! Episode 5? Let me see if I can find the embed code, else download and host it yourself.

 

I found one copy hosted on veoh @ http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/action_adventure/watch/v18384548azBDtfXW#

It has the embed code available if needed, let me know if this helps.

 

Oh nice. Thanks ^_^

Did you find that by just searching veoh normally or through that embed code? If possible I'd still like to find out what it is they're doing there. It seems maybe it's JW player(http://www.longtailvideo.com/) with some sort of custom thingy...

 

I searched for the video by filename Regarding the player, I can take a look at it.

 

I reviewed the JW Player JavaScript API @ http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/tutorials/Javascript-API-Examples.

Nothing out of the ordinary, is there something specific you want to know?

 

indeed there is nothing out of the ordinary, it's not shady or anything. Just seems they're using it or something like it and it allows them to hotlink directly to the file source and play video without needing the embed code provided by myspace. Could also be that they are using the embed code provided by myspace and the player is just obscuring it so people can't snoop it. I wondered if anyone had experience with such and could further explain it.

 

Don't think you can, they are taking the direct FLVs.