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How do you download YouTube files?

Post by Wingwong » Jan 19th, '06, 03:53

Does anyone here know how to download YouTube files? Please PM me

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Post by shimy bimy » Jan 22nd, '06, 13:11

sorry...wish to help u ...bt i don't know

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Post by trec » Jan 22nd, '06, 13:16

This is the way I do it.

For instance, the file you want has the url: http://www.youtube.com/?v=NdronuRtb3c
Copy and paste that url and change it to the following instead: http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?video_id=NdronuRtb3c

Then when you're going to download the file, it'll come up as get_video.php, so change that to name_of_file.flv ... (Because it's a video flash file ofcourse!)

There are many '.flv' players out there, and I even used a program to convert some of the .flv clips i've downloaded to avi, and mpg etc using "Total Video Converter".

I hope that was useful :]

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Post by MaiMunky » Jan 22nd, '06, 15:24

trec wrote:This is the way I do it.

For instance, the file you want has the url: http://www.youtube.com/?v=NdronuRtb3c
Copy and paste that url and change it to the following instead: http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?video_id=NdronuRtb3c

Then when you're going to download the file, it'll come up as get_video.php, so change that to name_of_file.flv ... (Because it's a video flash file ofcourse!)

There are many '.flv' players out there, and I even used a program to convert some of the .flv clips i've downloaded to avi, and mpg etc using "Total Video Converter".

I hope that was useful :]

Thank you so much, it was really useful! ^-^

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Post by MaiMunky » Jan 22nd, '06, 16:25

Oh, and could you give me a link to a program where I can convert the flv file? ^-^ That would be greatly appreciated.

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Post by trec » Jan 22nd, '06, 17:06

This is the link to the offical website for "Total Video Converter" : http://www.effectmatrix.com/total-video-converter/

It's pretty good :]

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Post by Su » Jan 22nd, '06, 17:37

thank you nitesaint :w00t: It worked for me :cheers:

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Post by sHeEnA2o9 » Jan 22nd, '06, 23:01

Hmmm, do you really hafta register and buy to work that total video converter thing? Or is it just a temporary trail?

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Post by kwon » Jan 22nd, '06, 23:05

Thanks for this info, I've been looking for this!

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Post by Wingwong » Jan 23rd, '06, 02:17

Thank u guys for everything :) Much obliged! :0) Now if only I could find subs for Crystal Boys! Lol

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Post by bluenitesky » Jan 23rd, '06, 03:03

wait how come when i do it it's say unavailable = (

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Post by whisperss_57 » Jan 23rd, '06, 03:11

thanks ive always wondered how to do this ^^ :wub:

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Post by MaiMunky » Jan 23rd, '06, 03:12

sHeEnA2o9 wrote:Hmmm, do you really hafta register and buy to work that total video converter thing? Or is it just a temporary trail?
It says free download so... you can dl it and install w/o no problem. I'm testing it out right now.

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Post by alexis_glenriv » Jan 23rd, '06, 03:30

Thanks for the people who shared their knowhows , I've been trying different ways to download from youtube but nothing works.

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Post by bluenitesky » Jan 23rd, '06, 03:33

srry, i can't edit my post but , i just want to say it works = ) , i mess up

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Post by ironicwave » Jan 23rd, '06, 03:46

you can also use hypercam and just record the vid as it plays, there's an option to use divx codec, which leaves you with a small .avi filesize, but retains quality well...
that's what i use... cept my comp had hiccups and runs slow as hell atm, so can't use it... XD

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Post by gialian » Jan 23rd, '06, 05:35

yay wow thank you!
blah... but the total video convertor is only a 15 day trial >< i there any other type of file converter? that's completely free or will work at the 15 day trial?

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Post by bluenitesky » Jan 23rd, '06, 07:07

i try to convert it ,but it keeps saying error :cry:

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Post by jho » Jan 24th, '06, 00:39

Wahhhhh omgosh this is great. Thanks!!

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Post by MaiMunky » Jan 24th, '06, 00:54

I'm so lazy but I'll try to find a converter... not anytime soon.. busy w/ school. I didn't know it was a 15 day trial. x_x' Well... I just keep pressing that I want to keep trying the product out.

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Post by zdoon » Jan 24th, '06, 01:36

noone's heard of edonkey? not that i'm advocating piracy but cracked versions of any program are downloadable from there.

ps: edonkey -- > google is your friend.

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Post by MaiMunky » Jan 24th, '06, 02:27

zdoon wrote:noone's heard of edonkey? not that i'm advocating piracy but cracked versions of any program are downloadable from there.

ps: edonkey -- > google is your friend.
Thanks for the info. >.> Not an advocater of piracy.. what about this forum? x_X'

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Post by alexis_glenriv » Jan 24th, '06, 05:05

Does anybody know if there is an alternative converter for .flv? Total Video Converter is a trial version have to buy it after 15 days. I downloaded this from limewire but there is a virus .

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Post by bluenitesky » Jan 24th, '06, 06:28

i can't even convert the thing = < , but here is the link to dl a player for .flv
http://www.download.com/FLV-Player/3000 ... 67082.html

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Post by trec » Jan 25th, '06, 05:38

For the Total video converter trial... you can always find a way around it ;) Try searching for it on google for the version you have

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Post by jAnA » Feb 15th, '06, 12:26

Here's another way to DL files from YouTube

>> Click here

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Post by jenkkie » Feb 27th, '06, 00:22

woah awesome

i didnt even kno we can download youtube videos x] thankss ^__^

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Post by alakina » Mar 2nd, '06, 02:31

trec wrote:This is the way I do it.

For instance, the file you want has the url: http://www.youtube.com/?v=NdronuRtb3c
Copy and paste that url and change it to the following instead: http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?video_id=NdronuRtb3c

Then when you're going to download the file, it'll come up as get_video.php, so change that to name_of_file.flv ... (Because it's a video flash file ofcourse!)

There are many '.flv' players out there, and I even used a program to convert some of the .flv clips i've downloaded to avi, and mpg etc using "Total Video Converter".

I hope that was useful :]
thanx a lot! :wub:

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Post by melonyhappy » Mar 2nd, '06, 03:04

awesome :) thank you. it works, and it's simple.

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Post by bibi.babo » Mar 6th, '06, 17:30

Thank you!! :D

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Post by PopGilligan » Mar 9th, '06, 05:37

Is there a program then, that you can splice the videos together with? You know how most YouTube videos have several parts to them...

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Post by ticonuong1832004 » Mar 11th, '06, 02:51

thx a lot for helping me how to download from youtube but may I ask is there any user name and serial number for Total Video Converter to register cause I saw the software label unregister, if so can you give me the user name and serial number thx a lot, I wonder if this software might be expired without registering ???? :-)

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Download direct from youTube! (drama, anime, mvs)

Post by yusufborne » Mar 11th, '06, 02:53

hi everyone :)

i was googling around for how to download from youtube and i found a site which lets you download from youTube and other video sites :wub:
http://keepvid.com/

for kdrama on youtube
http://youtube.com/results?search=kdram ... rch=Search

jdrama
http://youtube.com/results?search=jdram ... rch=Search

cdrama
http://youtube.com/results?search=cdram ... rch=Search\

anime
http://youtube.com/results?search=anime ... rch=Search

just copy the url of the page from youtube and paste it at the site
now im getting all my old anime back
:thumright:

hope that helps

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Post by Lil_jojo » Mar 11th, '06, 05:21

awww.... I dun no y but all ur trick dun work for me :-(

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Re: Download direct from youTube! (drama, anime, mvs)

Post by ticonuong1832004 » Mar 11th, '06, 20:09

yusufborne wrote:hi everyone :)

i was googling around for how to download from youtube and i found a site which lets you download from youTube and other video sites :wub:
http://keepvid.com/

for kdrama on youtube
http://youtube.com/results?search=kdram ... rch=Search

jdrama
http://youtube.com/results?search=jdram ... rch=Search

cdrama
http://youtube.com/results?search=cdram ... rch=Search\

anime
http://youtube.com/results?search=anime ... rch=Search

just copy the url of the page from youtube and paste it at the site
now im getting all my old anime back
:thumright:

hope that helps
thx you for showing us how to download, but may I ask you a question, after downloading the file how can you convert the file into movie file as .avi or .mpg or.wmv ???? thx :scratch:

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YOU TUBE

Post by ashby4 » Mar 16th, '06, 03:24

hi..can anyone tell me how to downlod videos from you tube?
i was using a site but it is no longer opening...the feelingtree site I think
i think i was able to see an instruction here but i am not able to find it anymore....
thank you!!

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Post by wing_wing1 » Mar 30th, '06, 05:32

hi how come it doesnt work for me?
i tried the keepvid.com site for a few youtube urls, but it keep saying error and that it is not a correct url??

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Post by martina_SMO » Apr 28th, '06, 13:53

trec wrote:This is the way I do it.

For instance, the file you want has the url: http://www.youtube.com/?v=NdronuRtb3c
Copy and paste that url and change it to the following instead: http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?video_id=NdronuRtb3c

Then when you're going to download the file, it'll come up as get_video.php,
This system isn't working anymore ;___; Is it only me? :goggle:

Please help :-(

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Post by xcy » Apr 29th, '06, 01:12

i tried saving it as an avi file once and it seemed to work

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Post by xcy » Apr 29th, '06, 01:15

yeah it's not working for me anymore. it keeps on saying that i have already download it, but it can't seem to find it anywhere. and the donwnloading preocess is way too fast for me to belive that it actually donwloaded the movie because it only took like 1 second. anyone have any clue whats going on?

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Post by JenBell » Apr 29th, '06, 01:38

just do what i do when i want to archive a file off youtube....

everyone uses firefox right? shame on u if u dont
install greasemonkey extension
search for youtube download script for greasemonkey - install it
go to youtube video and low and behold...download link at the top. Rename the file to .swf if u want to play it or use something like xilinisoft encoder to convert to whatever - i usually convert it to dvix / xvid...job done.

Also greasemonkey has some nice ext for google video as well...I thought everyone used this method?

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Post by martina_SMO » Apr 29th, '06, 01:40

Okay, I've found a way ^___^v (it's a bit complicated, though .__.)

The difference is that once you have seen the video, you have to open the Temporary Internet Files folder. Then you find the corresponding file, and take note of the URL description beside it.
the URL is not www.youtube.... , but there is a series of numbers or letters before, like:
v129.youtube.com/...

at that point, in order to DL the video, the url is not
http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?vi ... dronuRtb3c
but
http://v129.youtube.com/get_video.php?v ... dronuRtb3c

Then it's the usual (saving the video with the .FLV extension).

... Well, I still hope there's a simpler way to do this >__<

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lol, here's the simpler way XD
JenBell wrote:just do what i do when i want to archive a file off youtube....
everyone uses firefox right? shame on u if u dont
install greasemonkey extension
search for youtube download script for greasemonkey - install it
go to youtube video and low and behold...download link at the top.
Thank you ^__^

Yes, I also use Firefox^^

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Post by xcy » Apr 29th, '06, 14:51

this is a free converter u can download this one, but u can only convert between mpeg, avi, flv, and maybe others that i havn't tried yet. but all in all this one works and it is free to download and free to use.
http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV-Encode ... ag=lst-0-9

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Post by martina_SMO » Apr 29th, '06, 23:46

JenBell wrote:just do what i do when i want to archive a file off youtube....

everyone uses firefox right? shame on u if u dont
install greasemonkey extension
Well, not even this method is working anymore :roll

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Post by Iv3_imt » Apr 30th, '06, 13:02

xcy wrote:this is a free converter u can download this one, but u can only convert between mpeg, avi, flv, and maybe others that i havn't tried yet. but all in all this one works and it is free to download and free to use.
http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV-Encode ... ag=lst-0-9
hello...
im new to this program..
i just downloaded this
i read from the guide from videohelp that for input files, i choose the flv.file
but why cant i choose flv files ?
when i klik browse (for input), message box will appear
and i try to locate my flv files
but this only shows me video files
and under type of files, there none choice other than "video files'
so how can i use this program to convert flv to avi??

thank you

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Post by xcy » Apr 30th, '06, 14:42

Iv3_imt wrote:
xcy wrote:this is a free converter u can download this one, but u can only convert between mpeg, avi, flv, and maybe others that i havn't tried yet. but all in all this one works and it is free to download and free to use.
http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV-Encode ... ag=lst-0-9
hello...
im new to this program..
i just downloaded this
i read from the guide from videohelp that for input files, i choose the flv.file
but why cant i choose flv files ?
when i klik browse (for input), message box will appear
and i try to locate my flv files
but this only shows me video files
and under type of files, there none choice other than "video files'
so how can i use this program to convert flv to avi??

thank you
after you select your input file a destination vides file will pop up. it will say fro exaple:
nameofyourmovie.flv
you change the flv part into avi, mpeg, wmv, or whatever(i havn't tried all of them yet) and then you press the ---->flv encode button
you can change the information on the right side to get better qualities. i usually use
Video:
movie size
640x480
framerate
25
bitrate
768

audio:
bitrate
112
sampleing rate
44100hz

that seemed to work good for me. the result has almost the sam quality and is at a reasonable size.

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Post by JenBell » Apr 30th, '06, 15:26

Ok....step by step guide it is then...

1. Install Firefox.
2. Install Grease Monkey: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... 6.4-fx.xpi
3. Install script. Rename attached file extension to ".js"
4. Open file in browser. Click to install.
5. Thats it.

If you still cant get it to work then u really need to look into how to use a pc. When I was told about this all I was told was GM and that was it, nothing more.
There are other ways to do it, this way works for me best.
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Post by Iv3_imt » May 1st, '06, 11:29

xcy wrote: after you select your input file a destination vides file will pop up. it will say fro exaple:
nameofyourmovie.flv
you change the flv part into avi, mpeg, wmv, or whatever(i havn't tried all of them yet) and then you press the ---->flv encode button
you can change the information on the right side to get better qualities. i usually use
Video:
movie size
640x480
framerate
25
bitrate
768

audio:
bitrate
112
sampleing rate
44100hz

that seemed to work good for me. the result has almost the sam quality and is at a reasonable size.
i cant select .flv file
it only want to select video files

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Post by xcy » May 1st, '06, 19:28

Iv3_imt wrote:
xcy wrote: after you select your input file a destination vides file will pop up. it will say fro exaple:
nameofyourmovie.flv
you change the flv part into avi, mpeg, wmv, or whatever(i havn't tried all of them yet) and then you press the ---->flv encode button
you can change the information on the right side to get better qualities. i usually use
Video:
movie size
640x480
framerate
25
bitrate
768

audio:
bitrate
112
sampleing rate
44100hz

that seemed to work good for me. the result has almost the sam quality and is at a reasonable size.
i cant select .flv file
it only want to select video files
that's wierd my flv files apear in the video files and then after I open it, I just chage the flv to whatever. Well sorry if i couln't help much im still a noob at this sort of stuff. If you mess around enough with it you'll eventually get it.
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Post by Iv3_imt » May 2nd, '06, 11:18

thank you
i found the problem
my flv files doesnt have .flv in its name
so i edit the name and add .flv
and it worked..
thank you so much

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Post by fairytwix » May 6th, '06, 20:09

JenBell wrote:Ok....step by step guide it is then...

1. Install Firefox.
2. Install Grease Monkey: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... 6.4-fx.xpi
3. Install script. Rename attached file extension to ".js"
4. Open file in browser. Click to install.
5. Thats it.

If you still cant get it to work then u really need to look into how to use a pc. When I was told about this all I was told was GM and that was it, nothing more.
There are other ways to do it, this way works for me best.
hmmmm...i did the things u said..and..well...so far..i was able to do them..normally..i dun ave eni probs wit tutorials..but..theres juz one bit im confused wit... ukn0 on STEP 3..when u say..the SCRIPT u mean the you_tube_to_me one right? hmmm...my prob is..how do i change the file extension? where do i change it? is it in the settings/properties bit?? coz..i juz dL the script..and i went to YT..and i can dL it..but..i can't seem to be able to open the file..iv proLii overlooked sumthing... :roll :unsure:

EDIT MY BAD! lol.... i got it!! ahahah..it was my mistake...i feel stupeeehd..i forgot to rename it to .flv ahahah.... :roll :lol 8) tnx for d tips!

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Post by fairytwix » May 6th, '06, 21:23

hmmm..when the vids are private..can't i dL them??? coz it dun seem to be workin when they are...

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Post by JenBell » May 6th, '06, 21:28

the script above stopped working for me for some reason, even after updating it. They changed the way the call back is done for the file.

I am using http://keepvid.com/ which is much easier to use...give it a go

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Post by TheBodyGuard » May 6th, '06, 21:30

woah, nice guide! thx dude

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Post by JenBell » May 6th, '06, 21:33

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Post by Connie101292 » May 14th, '06, 02:52

does anyone know how to convert a flv file to a rvmb file? or avi? thx

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Post by JenBell » May 14th, '06, 12:41

download xilinsoft video converter. does anything and everything

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Post by bella_mygga_insek » May 14th, '06, 12:50

huh? can people download the videos which is uploaded in youtube? never heard of that before...

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Post by hagin » May 14th, '06, 13:08

Thanks now I can dowload it too!!!!

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Post by anyala » May 16th, '06, 10:48

Hi just a quick question. i tried to burn the converted flv files (to avi files) from youtube into VCD....but so strange...what happen is the the audio quality is so bad (is sort of fast forward ...faster so its sound like house music...but the picture quality is good...

what happened?? how can we resolve this?? is this normal?? is that means we can burn it into VCD??

thanks in advance...^^

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Post by JenBell » May 16th, '06, 10:57

I actually burned off the some utube files for the first time last night. Converted them to svcd format and burned the files with no problems. Also, the using nero vision express, avi files transcoded fine as well...the encoder is very slow in my eyes though but does a decent job.
I dont usually convert avi to mpeg's using the primary app like nero, I prefer using a dedicated app for each thing so its optimized all the way....do become lazy sometimes though and just do the whole drag and drop thing.
Check out some dvd encoding sites,, they usually have a decent list of freeware for doing specific things.

Oh and Nero 7 is the like sooo crap. They really screwed up on the vxd calls on this version...new roxio is even worse. I say always use nero 6...its like the best burning program there is at the moment.

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Post by anyala » May 19th, '06, 03:27

JenBell wrote:I actually burned off the some utube files for the first time last night. Converted them to svcd format and burned the files with no problems. Also, the using nero vision express, avi files transcoded fine as well...the encoder is very slow in my eyes though but does a decent job.
I dont usually convert avi to mpeg's using the primary app like nero, I prefer using a dedicated app for each thing so its optimized all the way....do become lazy sometimes though and just do the whole drag and drop thing.
Check out some dvd encoding sites,, they usually have a decent list of freeware for doing specific things.

Oh and Nero 7 is the like sooo crap. They really screwed up on the vxd calls on this version...new roxio is even worse. I say always use nero 6...its like the best burning program there is at the moment.
thanks for the tips...i'll try nero 6... :lol

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Post by SunStar » Jun 10th, '06, 03:48

is there any program to capture or rip online streaming videos?

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Post by JenBell » Jun 10th, '06, 18:04

If u use firefox, look for the video downloader extension...awesome

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Post by xcy » Jun 17th, '06, 04:42

anyone know any free movie cutters or editors that i can use, inorder to post movies on youtube?

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Post by droozy » Sep 7th, '06, 04:18

me cant dl.. anyone can help ?
Thanks

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Post by MifuneGoh » Sep 7th, '06, 06:14

JenBell wrote:If u use firefox, look for the video downloader extension...awesome
JenBell is correct. This has always worked for me when yanking videos off YouTube. It also works for many other sites that use embedded players. But I'll stay on-topic.

First you need to be using the Firefox web browser: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

You will need to install the Flash plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/plugins/

Then you need to install the VideoDownloader extension for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/

Once that's done, go to YouTube, find the video you want to grab, and click on its link. Once the video starts playing, click the embedded player's pause button.

Click the VideoDownloader icon in the lower-right corner of the Firefox window. A dialog will pop up telling you that you'll need to rename the file to something.flv. Right-click on the Download Link button, select Save Link As, rename the file, and click Save.

Once the file has finished downloading, you can watch it with FLV Player. But a better solution is using Media Player Classic that comes with the Combined Community Codec Pack. The CCCP uses ffdshow to decode almost everything, including Flash Video. (1)

To convert the FLV to something else, say a DivX AVI, VCD/SVCD/DVD compliant MPG, or perhaps a file for your iPod Video player, the best app I found for this purpose, especially because it is FREE, is called SUPER. It is a front end GUI for several open-source and freeware tools that is bundled with everything it requires to work.

Bear in mind, YouTube videos are (or are supposed to be) 320x240.(1) Almost all YouTube videos are 29.97fps. Make sure the output frame rate is the same.

I know, I know, I've mentioned this program in at least three threads by now. So I sound like I'm shillin' for the authors. I'm not. It's just when I discovered it and found how useful it is for basic video conversions.... Anyway, it does have it's limitations. But for conversions like this, it's perfect. And most importantly, it's free.

The program takes several seconds to come up. But when you see it, you will realize how easy it is to use. When you first run it, right-click on the main window and change the directory where you want the converted files to go. And when you're done converting things, right-click in the upper-right hand corner where it says Right-Click to exit.

Play around. See what the program can do.

Oh, and for those people who want to convert multi-part YouTube files to something else and join them together, I suggest converting to DivX encoded AVIs using the exact same settings for each conversion. Then use VirtualDubMod to put them all together. Or, you could convert to VCD/SVCD/DVD compliant MPG, and use something like TMPGEnc to join them together. But first, you might see if the original is available via IRC, Usenet, or bit torrent first....heh.

Have fun.

M.G

(1)
For some reason some files on YouTube were encoded with a frame size of 320x239 instead of 320x240. These will play fine with FLV Player. But when using a setup like mine (i.e., Media Player Classic & ffdshow) the video will have green and/or blue junk overlaid on the picture. This is because ffdshow does not like to decode video frame sizes with odd numbers. Re-encoding the file with SUPER will fix this.

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Post by snowy-yuki » Sep 7th, '06, 07:38

yay...i made it... thank you so much everyone.. i use KeepVid since i didn't make it with extension (i used mozilla) and the one with change the url..
thank you..it helps very much :salut:

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Post by aNToK » Sep 7th, '06, 07:42

There's a free plugin for firefox that does this. But why would you want to? The quality's terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by ArieZ » Sep 7th, '06, 09:09

this is the easiest way to dl from you tube
http://www.youtubex.com

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but you have to wacth the movie first, after that you can download it :)

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re flv

Post by droozy » Sep 7th, '06, 12:40

sorry ... how to rename the downloaded file to flv ?

Thanks !
ArieZ wrote:this is the easiest way to dl from you tube
http://www.youtubex.com

[/url]
but you have to wacth the movie first, after that you can download it :)

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