VideoCacheView for Windows

Summary

If you want to recover videos you recently viewed in a web browser, VideoCacheView can scan your browser cache and pull out stored media files so you can save them to your computer. It simplifies the process compared with manually searching your history or cache folders.

What the tool does

• Provides a direct download link for videos located in the cache so you can copy them to your hard drive.
• Extracts video files that the browser has saved during playback from Internet Explorer and Firefox caches.
• Lets you preview or play recovered clips using an appropriate media player.
• Scans the browser cache automatically and lists any supported media files it finds.

Benefits

VideoCacheView is convenient when you want to revisit or archive clips you watched online without re-streaming them. It can save time and bandwidth by locating and exporting files already present on your system.

Known limitations

• Not every streamed clip is written to cache, so some videos cannot be recovered.
• To see the most recently viewed files, you may need to close your browser first so the temporary files are written and become accessible.
• Compatibility depends on how the video was delivered (streaming method, player, DRM, etc.), so success is not guaranteed for all sites.

Suggested alternative

NetVideoHunter (free) is a commonly recommended option if VideoCacheView doesn’t meet your needs. It offers a browser-focused approach for finding and downloading video streams directly from many web pages.

Recent changes and compatibility notes

• Updated handling for Firefox 13.x when used with Flash Player 11.3.300.257: temporary Flash files are now also retrieved from the acro_rd_dir subfolder under the main temporary directory.
• Added detection for the Flash executable to improve identification of temporary files tied to Flash-based playback.