save video with name

YousableTubeFix for Opera

By Mindeye — Last update Feb 2, 2012 — Installed 34,047 times.

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Feb 3, 2009 11:27pm tobi222 User	can you please implement that if i download a video it is saved with the name of the video and not "video.flv"? thx

Feb 5, 2009 4:14am Mindeye Script's Author	Unfortunately not. The video filename is determined by a header sent by the server, a Greasemonkey script can't change that. But you can right-click on the link and save it from the context menu with any name you like.

Mar 14, 2009 5:38pm breakitall User	Automatic naming would be very convenient. Ant.com toolbar, for example, takes the site name and the page title for the file name (Example: youtube.YouTube_-_Kutiman-Thru-you_-_01_-_Mother_of_All_Funk_Chords.flv) Would it be possible to do something similar?

Mar 14, 2009 5:51pm Mindeye Script's Author	Read my message above ;-)

Mar 15, 2009 4:42pm breakitall User	I thought that meant that it's impossible to find the video's original file name, I didn't realize it was impossible for a Greasemonkey script to name the file at all.

Mar 16, 2009 4:31pm Mindeye Script's Author	That's right, finding the video title to use it as a name is easy, but a script can't change it, sorry