Michael Cronenworth wrote:
$ ps -ef | grep plugin
# copy the PID of flash ($PID)
$ ls -l /proc/$PID/fd
# find the /tmp/flashXXXXXX file symlink ($FD)
$ cp -p /proc/$PID/fd/$FD /home/foo/flash.flv
Even this doesn't seem to always work anymore. Some videos on youtube seem to erase
themselves as they play, so when you want to view it a second time, it has to download
it again.
As a result, I have found clive to be the most reliable solution.