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1. 1 Mousefinger Jun 27th, 2006 at 4:15 am

   Hmmm…it’s Flash embedded video. The direct link to the .SWF file is:

   -> http://www.fxcmexpo.com/video/Jack Schwager-FXCM Streaming Expo1Mbps_001.swf

   I haven’t tried this, but if you use the Firefox browser, this Add-On will do the trick:

   -> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1993/

   “Downloads all or selected embedded objects on a webpage. Can be used for downloading movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, or other embedded files.”

   That might work. Cheers.

2. 2 Mousefinger Jun 27th, 2006 at 4:17 am

   Bah…that first link didn’t work with Copy/Paste. If you close up the spaces, it should link directly to the .SWF file.

3. 3 idempotent Jun 27th, 2006 at 6:39 am

   The swf file is pretty short, and has a reference to a “flv” file. I’m downloading it right now, via this command:

   curl ‘http://www.fxcmexpo.com/video/Jack Schwager-FXCM Streaming Expo1Mbps_001.flv’ > movie.flv

   It’s a 553MB transfer, so I am pretty sure this is the video itself. You weren’t kidding about it being long, I guess! Once it finishes downloading, I’ll try to convert it to something like quicktime or AVI. With the d/l speed I’m currently getting from fxcmexpo.com, it looks like it will take a few hours to get.

4. 4 Idempotent Jun 27th, 2006 at 4:07 pm

   I made a 150MB .mp4 movie of the talk, which I tested with Quicktime 7 and Windows Media Player 10. Since I noticed there wasn’t much visual going on with the talk, I also just extracted the audio to a 36MB .mp3 file. Now Schwager can teach us while jogging or in a car. Anyone feel free to contact me if you’d like a copy of either. idempotent@mac.com or leave a comment on http://idempotent-trader.blogspot.com

5. 5 Babak Jun 27th, 2006 at 4:31 pm

   Thanks. I was about to suggest just taking the audio!

6. 6 Babak Jun 28th, 2006 at 4:43 pm

   Idempotent has been kind enough to create two files (one video and the other just audio). They are only available for a limited time on this temporary server so grab them now:

   video

   audio

   And make sure you check out his blog: Idempotent

7. 7 Idempotent Sep 12th, 2006 at 11:18 am

   Just a note… as Babak mentioned above, these files were only available for a limited time, at least from me. I no longer have them, but there is a steady stream of requests for them even now. So, if anyone does still have them, and wants to distribute them, plenty of people will be glad to hear it.

8. 8 Jason Stepp Oct 20th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

   Thanks for these resources. I am going to check out the Wizards book series. Im sure I can learn a lot from it.

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