Some are really easy to find, you can simply right click  and go to properties and you will find the root url  there, others are much more difficult. Your best friend in the world is gonna be  view-source because most streaming media you will  not be able to just right click to get the url. The best thing to do is to clean out your Temporary  Internet Files folder just before starting the streaming  media, that way it is easier to find the files for the  streaming media. It is only necessary to let the media fully load if it  is Quicktime format. Now open the folder and there should be 20 or 30 new  files, one o those will contain your root url. Some  times it's as easy as finding the one that looks like a  media player icon and right clicking, going to  properties and gertting the url that way. Most files now though are loaded with false url to try  and prevent you ffrom obtaining the file you want. And  this is where view-source comes in handy. It's difficult to explain how to find the right url to  use the view-source on but I will try. Sometimes  the correct url is the one attached to the media player  icons in your temp folder. Sometimes it's attached to  one of the Jscript files in the temp folder. Sometimes  it will be attached to one of the html files in your  temp folder. They will attach it to anything. Here is an  idea of what your base url could look like: http://extratv.warnerbros.com/v2/news/1204...4/14/2/video.ht ml This is a very simple file to get, the above url will be  attached to one of the files in your temp folder you  just have to find it. That alone isn't enough to get you  your file. This is where the view-source comes  into play. In your address bar type this: view-source:http://extratv.warnerbros.com/v2/news/1204/1 4/2/video.html where the url is the one you believe to be your base  url, when you hit enter your notepad should pop up, and  look something like this: -------------------------------------------------------- <html> <head> <title>ExtraTV.com: Get Ready For Your Close Up!</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;  charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE TYPE="text/css">   <!--     body {margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px;}     A {text-decoration:none;}     A:hover {text-decoration:underline; cursor:hand;} 	input, select {font-size: 10px; color: #333333;  font-family: Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial,  sans-serif;} 	.b11  {font-family: Arial, Helvetica,  sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;} 	.b11b  {font-family: Arial, Helvetica,  sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;  line-height: 12px;} 	.b12  {font-family: Arial, Helvetica,  sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 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CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> <PARAM name="SRC"  VALUE="http://progressive.stream.aol.com/aol/us/highspee d/extratv/dailynews/scarlett1214_dl.mov"> <PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="true"> <PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="true"> <PARAM name="KIOSKMODE" VALUE="true"> <PARAM name="LOOP" VALUE="false"> <EMBED  RC="http://progressive.stream.aol.com/aol/us /highspeed/extratv/dailynews/scarlett1214_dl.mov" KIOSKMODE="true" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="255"  AUTOPLAY="true" LOOP=FALSE CONTROLLER="true"  PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"> </EMBED> </OBJECT></td></tr>             </table><table width="320" border="0"  align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">   <tr>      <td><div align="right"><a  href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"  target="_blank"><img  src="/v2/images/player/get_quicktime.gif" width="100"  height="19" border="0"></a></div></td>   </tr> </table></td>           <td><img  src="../../../../images/all/clear.gif" width="9"  height="1"></td>         </tr>       </table></td>     <td width="373"> <table width="373" border="0"  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">         <tr>            <td colspan="3"><img  src="../../../../images/player/logo.jpg" width="373"  height="76"></td>         </tr>         <tr align="left" valign="top">            <td width="8"><img  src="../../../../images/all/clear.gif" width="8"  height="1"></td>           <td> <table width="357" border="0"  cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0">               <tr>                  <td class="b12"><span  class="b14b">You're the One That I Want</span><br>                   It was greased lightning "Bobby  Long" style for John Travolta and Scarlett  Johannson, as their Hollywood premiere of "A Love  Song for Bobby Long" turned into a  "Grease" flashback, Monday night.</td>               </tr>             </table>           </td>           <td width="8"><img  src="../../../../images/all/clear.gif" width="8"  height="208"></td>         </tr>       </table>       <table width="317" border="0" cellspacing="0"  cellpadding="0">         <tr align="left" valign="top">            <td width="50"><img  src="../../../../images/all/clear.gif" width="50"  height="1"></td>           <td width="83"><img  src="../../../../images/player/video_x.gif" width="83"  height="32"></td>           <td width="116"><a href="1.html"  onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"  onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('slideshow','','../../../../im ages/player/slideshow_on.gif',1)"><img  src="../../../../images/player/slideshow_off.gif"  name="slideshow" width="116" height="32"  border="0"></a></td>           <td width="68"><a  href="java script:Textopen('text.html')"  onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('text','','../../../../images/ player/text_on.gif',1)"  onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img  src="../../../../images/player/text_off.gif" name="text"  width="68" height="32" border="0"></a></td>         </tr>       </table></td>   </tr> </table> <table width="731" border="0" cellspacing="0"  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value="high">         <embed src="/v2/includes/player.swf"  quality="high"  pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="700"  height="66"></embed></object></td>   </tr> </table></td>   </tr> </table> </body> </html> -------------------------------------------------------- It looks like a jumbled mess, but in there somewhere you  will find the true url you are after. In this case It shows up twice and I highlighted it in red. You take this new url and put it into a stream grabber  program such as the ones you mentioned above. This is one of the simplest kinds to find. There are ones that you have to do much much more work to get.RealMedia and Windows Media are more difficult to find usually. Some you have to open view-source, just to find another false url that you have to use view-source for again. They can get very very difficult. Good luck though, if I didn't answer something or left something out let me know and I'll try to help you somemore.