Where is buffered video stored

Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Smug Puppy Independent Advisor. Hi, my name is Neil, I'm an independent adviser and a Windows 10 user like you. Videos are streamed to the video player and once played it is automatically deleted ready for the next section of video to be processed, watched, deleted, etc It's like a never ending cycle of incoming video data, and as it is watched, it is 'forgotten' by the computer, ready for the next bit of video data to pass through.

If streamed video data was automatically stored to your computer, you'd likely fill up your drive very quickly as video can take up lots of space depending on quality. Not only that, the streamed video data is likely in an encrypted format that wouldn't allow you play it locally anyway, if you did manage to locate some part of a progressive download.

For the majority of streaming websites and services, the above would apply. I'm sure there may be some websites that do store some video sometimes using your browser cache, but for the large majority, you wouldn't really be able to locate any stored videos from streaming.

I hope this helps answer your question. Kindest regards, Neil. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Smug Puppy's post on June 28, Hi Neil, thank you so much for your very great advice which helps me to understand a lot more about how video playing works. OK understood.

But I was searching because I wanted something 1 min in. Where would it be stored if it is indeed saved on my computer. And what would the extension be? KSoD said:. Click to expand Again if you were beyond the point of that 1 minute mark and on say the 4 minute mark, that thing you wanted would no longer be on your PC.

I dont know Firefox so I have no idea where it would be. Type about:config in your address bar and see where it stores. If you're doing live streaming then its not save anywhere. Messages Location Australia.

Messages 6, Location in the lab. That's true. You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads. Replies 2 Views 3K. Can someone please analyze this log? Replies 6 Views 5K. This new technology is undoubtedly very useful and effective until you close the browser window.

But, if you close it, you have to start it from the beginning. So, if you want to see your favorite video every day, you have to bear the pain every time. But, a downloaded copy of the same may save your pain. Am I right? If so, then go through and see how can you save buffered videos from browser cached files which you have seen earlier.

How to get most out of this new technology? All you have to do is to press the pause button once the video started to play until the red bar progress bar reaches to the end.

Now, come to the point and see how can you save buffered videos from browser cached files. Before applying this trick you should know about some basic thing to understand what happens actually.