QuickTime – Save QuickTime Movie Trailer Files to Computer Without Pro

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Is it true that a few months ago, QuickTime allows users to save the movie trailers without using the Pro version?

Right now, it seems like we need to pay $29.99 to save the movie trailer clip onto the hard drive.

Several months ago, I also tried using Ubuntu and there was a plugin to view the movie trailer and was able to save it too.

Are there other ways to save it to the hard drive?

Best Answer

You need to do two things to download trailers.

  1. Modify the url. Example:

    http://movies.apple.com/movies/fox/avatar/avatar-fte1_720p.mov

    becomes:

    http://movies.apple.com/movies/fox/avatar/avatar-fte1_h720p.mov

    Notice the added h.

  2. Change the user agent string.

    I use wget to download trailers (if you've got OS X or Linux, you've already got it, the link there is for Windows). Use a user agent string from Quicktime, so you type:

     wget -U QuickTime/7.6.2 http://movies.apple.com/movies/fox/avatar/avatar-fte1_h720p.mov
    
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