Where is the local cached version of a streamed video?

Question

I had opened a video website and watched a streamed video which has been completely buffered. I want to get a copy of the video, which I know is located somewhere in my hard-disk because it's completely cached. how do i find its location? This is how i played it.

1. Opened Windows media player
2. Selected "Open URL" from the File menu.
3. Pasted the URL and played the video.

It took some 2 hrs to have it completely buffered and watchable. I just want to get the cached copy of it from my hard-disk.

Answer 1

Your reasoning that caching implies a useful representation on disk is flawed, though not necessarily incorrect.

However, I suggest you open the file in some more capable media software with native file output support. Both mplayer and vlc could likely be used, provided you're not stopped by some provider restriction.