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Hi, Whenever a youtube or any other flash content is buffered on the browser, isn't it true that is downloaded to the client computer ? So my assumption is that, any completely buffered youtube file should be found on my client right ? For example, when i view this video on youtube, i see that it is actually referring to this swf location 'http://s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/watch_as3-vfl144654.swf'. How does youtube actually buffer this video on my computer then ?

Note: My objective is NOT to download youtube videos as i know there are extensions available for it. I just want to know how it works :) .

Thank you in advance..

A: 

Your browser downloads the video. Look into the cache for suspiciously big files. These are flvs.

Leonidas
Flash plays back H.264 `.mp4` directly these days; formats aren't just limited to `.flv`.
ephemient
Checked C:\Users\<uname>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\2xsie03b.default\Cachebut found no swf files in there :(
coder