Location of FireFox Cache folder

[rotate2010]

hello frnds,
i want to know the location of firefox cache folder..when we watch any video on youtube or any sites firefox buffers the whole video in its cache memory..so i want to copy that whole video from that cache folder directly so that we dont need any third party add-ons to download videos..for that i want to know the exact location of that cache memory folder of firefox browser in linux....so pls tell me by default path of that folder in fedora 13..
Thnx in advance..

[Smoking Tux]

The firefox cache is located under ~/.mozilla/firefox/<your_profile>/Cache. But flash is another thing, it buffers the video under /tmp. (32bit-flash at least, not sure about the 64-bit version)

[DBelton]

I have also had firefox to cache files in /home/<username>/.mozilla/<randomnumber>.default/Cache as well.

[PabloTwo]

Here is a command line I use to locate a flash video (FLV) in my firefox browser catch. I keep this as a file and just "cat" it to the terminal.

find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex '.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | grep -i "Video" | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }'

[rotate2010]

hello frnds,
i got what u want to say...but the main thing is i am not able to find the path for mozila still...u r saying that i should be
/home/<username>/.mozilla/<randomnumber>.default/Cache
but i didnt find any path..and also for adobe...
so i think i am making some mistake...are these folder hide??i also tried as being super user also..but i found nothing...
so what should i do now??

[Smoking Tux]

are these folder hide

That's right, to show them:
'ctrl+h' in nautilus or 'alt+.' for dolphin or search in your filemanagers preferences for an option 'show hidden files'.

[bonedome]

Hello
Smoking Tux got in there before me, but to confirm the videos are stored in ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxx.default/Cache

[SiliconSlick]

FYI/FWIW, you can change the location of the Cache folder by puttting 'about:config' in the location bar (URL box) for Firefox and then change the value of browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

SS

[AndrewSerk]

Originally Posted by SiliconSlick

FYI/FWIW, you can change the location of the Cache folder by puttting 'about:config' in the location bar (URL box) for Firefox and then change the value of browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

SS

I don't think that string is included in 3.6, at least not here , but you can create a new string called "browser.cache.disk.parent_directory" and use the folder location that you want to use as the value.

[rotate2010]

Smoking Tux got in there before me, but to confirm the videos are stored in ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxx.default/Cache

Yes thats true that videos are not saved in firefox cache memory..then pls tell me that where does it save??so that i can direct copy paste it..

and i found the cache folder of firefox..so thn for that..and also changed the value of that cache folder from "about:config"..

[Smoking Tux]

..checked '/tmp', as mentioned some posts above?

[rotate2010]

ok..i got the solution of my prob......thnk u so much for ur help...i learnt a lot of things from u frnds...
again thnk u so much..

[PabloTwo]

Just to confirm how easy it is to locate and identify the flash videos that are saved in your FF cache as I posted in post #4 of this thread, and to debunk any assertions/claims that FF doesn't "cache" youtube videos in its cache, I went to youtube and watched a video (agonizingly slow download on my dialup connection), then ran the script.

BASH:~/-> find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex '.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
> sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | grep -i "Video" | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }'
/home/paulm/.mozilla/firefox/jx7d0kqu.paulm/Cache/B/30/CF3EAd01

BASH:~/-> file .mozilla/firefox/jx7d0kqu.paulm/Cache/B/30/CF3EAd01
.mozilla/firefox/jx7d0kqu.paulm/Cache/B/30/CF3EAd01: Macromedia Flash Video

The FF cache file structure changed from 3.6.xx to 4.0, but the actual cache files are still all saved with an 8 character alpha/numeric filename. The script works in either 3.6.xx or 4.x. I'm currently using FF 4.0.

Of course, if you've moved your FF cache to a non-standard location, you'll need to modify the script to accommodate that.

[Turtel]

Originally Posted by PabloTwo

Here is a command line I use to locate a flash video (FLV) in my firefox browser catch. I keep this as a file and just "cat" it to the terminal.

find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex '.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | grep -i "Video" | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }'

this command doesnot seem to work anymore with fedora 14

[Enterprise]

/home/<user>/local/mozilla/...