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Where does Chromium keep the YouTube video files?

rated 0 times [ 11] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 29220 / 3 Years ago, tue, august 3, 2021, 3:59:28

I know that in Windows, Internet Explorer stores .flv temp files in temporary folder (C:Users%username%AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet Files) when viewing YouTube. And the same make and Google Chrome in Windows (C:Users%username%AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultCache). So it's easy to find a copy of that .flv file.

How about Chromium in Ubuntu? Does it store browsing temp data and where?

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answered 3 Years ago itchlos · Accepted Answer

I wrote a small bash script that automates the excellent solution from Radu:

#!/bin/bash



pidNum=$(ps ax | grep flash | grep chromium | grep -v "grep" | sed -e 's/^ *//g' -e 's/ *$//g' | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f 1)

procNum=$(ls -l /proc/${pidNum}/fd | grep Flash | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f 9)



filename=$1

if [[ "$filename" == "" ]]; then

    filename=$procNum

fi



echo "Copying /proc/${pidNum}/fd/${procNum} to '${filename}.flv'"

cp /proc/${pidNum}/fd/${procNum} "${filename}.flv"

ls -lah "${filename}.flv"