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When you download videos from Google Video, it downloads in a .gvp format which then works on the Google Video Player [GVP]. I was wondering if someone can tell me a program which converts gvp files to another format, like .wmv or .avi ?

Thanks.

To get it mp4 you click the drop down list and select sony psp.

Trev

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http://vp.video.google.com/videodownload?version=0&secur
eurl=pwAAAKuCABCDPVNoaMvLPxY7hiu-hsaHiUTmBfNNF23-Q
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docid=-7216249372419708465

"You have chosen to open DietCokeandMentosExp.flv which is
a: FLV file from: http://vp.video.google.com What should firefox
do with this file?"

.GVP? O RLY?

i just put the gvi into virtual dub and save as avi (apply compression settings first), no need for special programs

http://feelingtea.com/decode/google/index.php

http://www.tavisjohn.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Ne...ile=article&sid=32 <-- how to convert using VirtualDub

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/WEB-Design/...h/FLV-Player.shtml <-- plain FLV player.

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Originally posted by Chris Boulton
http://feelingtea.com/decode/google/index.php

http://www.tavisjohn.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Ne...ile=article&sid=32 <-- how to convert using VirtualDub

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/WEB-Design/...h/FLV-Player.shtml <-- plain FLV player.

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That is what I use pretty much. Greasemonkey + FireFox =

quote:

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Originally posted by Chris Boulton
http://feelingtea.com/decode/google/index.php

http://www.tavisjohn.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Ne...ile=article&sid=32 <-- how to convert using VirtualDub

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/WEB-Design/...h/FLV-Player.shtml <-- plain FLV player.

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First link - Can't do much with that
Second link - Only works with .GVI files, not .GVP
Third link - I just use Google Video Player



Edit:

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
.GVP? O RLY?

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Yup...

http://blog.nella.org/archives/2006/01/google_video_ha.html

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When you click to see a movie in the Google Video Player, you download a tiny text file (with file extension GVP). That causes the Google Video Player to launch. It reads the file and starts to download the video via HTTP, just like the Flash player is doing in the web browser. The GVP file is just a text file, so you can open it and find the URL. If you fetch the URL yourself with wget (i.e. no cookies, no javascript, etc) you get a big binary stream. The content-type claims that it is "video/x-msvideo", but it does not play in Windows Media Player.

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Site also contains a perl script to turn the URL in the file into a playable file - but apart from that, download the AVI and play it in VLC.