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From: Jo-Anne on 5 Jul 2010 16:21
I have two questions about downloading YouTube videos:

1. Is cnet.com a safe site from which to download a video downloader? (I
Googled cnet.com and got an OK review from McAfee but some negative comments
from individuals.) I'd like to use the safest site possible. The downloader
I was looking is YouTube Downloader 2.5.6.

2. Is there an advantage to converting videos from the .flv format--and if
so, what is the best format to convert to? I use VLC Media Player on my
WinXP computer.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne


From: pjp on 5 Jul 2010 17:13
Think you'll find downloading YouTube (or for that matter any flv streaming
media) was, is and will continue to be a never ending game between YouTube
who don't want you to be able to do that and software developers continually
updating in response to YouTube's changes.

One way I've found to do without all the bs is basically just before the
video finishes I turn off the pc, e.g. hard reset. This prevents the browser
from being able to delete the temporary file it was using. Once rebooted, I
locate, copy and rename that specific file (experience required to determine
the actual file, watch what file changes size in your specific "Temp" folder
while video loads and plays) and then use a stand alone conversion program
to change it's format, e.g. Any Video Converter.

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-Anne(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:i0tesb$cgd$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>I have two questions about downloading YouTube videos:
>
> 1. Is cnet.com a safe site from which to download a video downloader? (I
> Googled cnet.com and got an OK review from McAfee but some negative
> comments from individuals.) I'd like to use the safest site possible. The
> downloader I was looking is YouTube Downloader 2.5.6.
>
> 2. Is there an advantage to converting videos from the .flv format--and if
> so, what is the best format to convert to? I use VLC Media Player on my
> WinXP computer.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne
>


From: Jo-Anne on 5 Jul 2010 18:53
Thank you, pjp! Sounds like more than I really want to do, though!

Jo-Anne

"pjp" <pjpoirier_is_located_at_(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Think you'll find downloading YouTube (or for that matter any flv
> streaming media) was, is and will continue to be a never ending game
> between YouTube who don't want you to be able to do that and software
> developers continually updating in response to YouTube's changes.
>
> One way I've found to do without all the bs is basically just before the
> video finishes I turn off the pc, e.g. hard reset. This prevents the
> browser from being able to delete the temporary file it was using. Once
> rebooted, I locate, copy and rename that specific file (experience
> required to determine the actual file, watch what file changes size in
> your specific "Temp" folder while video loads and plays) and then use a
> stand alone conversion program to change it's format, e.g. Any Video
> Converter.
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-Anne(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:i0tesb$cgd$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>I have two questions about downloading YouTube videos:
>>
>> 1. Is cnet.com a safe site from which to download a video downloader? (I
>> Googled cnet.com and got an OK review from McAfee but some negative
>> comments from individuals.) I'd like to use the safest site possible. The
>> downloader I was looking is YouTube Downloader 2.5.6.
>>
>> 2. Is there an advantage to converting videos from the .flv format--and
>> if so, what is the best format to convert to? I use VLC Media Player on
>> my WinXP computer.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>
>


From: Daave on 5 Jul 2010 19:13
Jo-Anne wrote:
> I have two questions about downloading YouTube videos:
>
> 1. Is cnet.com a safe site from which to download a video downloader?
> (I Googled cnet.com and got an OK review from McAfee but some
> negative comments from individuals.) I'd like to use the safest site
> possible. The downloader I was looking is YouTube Downloader 2.5.6.
>
> 2. Is there an advantage to converting videos from the .flv
> format--and if so, what is the best format to convert to? I use VLC
> Media Player on my WinXP computer.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne

The YouTube video, once viewed, will be in your IE TIF folder. Assuming
the file is intact, you should be able to copy it to another folder play
it with VLC. It's probably a good idea to rename it and append the .flv
extension to it.

If you would rather not do that much work, entering the YouTube URL into
the keepvid.com site should work:

http://keepvid.com/

Othre people like to use Firefox and the greasemonkey plugin to download
YouTube videos.

Or simply don't worry about it if you have a high-speed connection and
if you think YouTube will wind up keeping the video on its site (this is
usually the case).

As long as your video player plays .flv files, I see no advantage in
converting them to another format.


From: Bill in Co on 5 Jul 2010 19:27
Jo-Anne wrote:
> I have two questions about downloading YouTube videos:
>
> 1. Is cnet.com a safe site from which to download a video downloader? (I
> Googled cnet.com and got an OK review from McAfee but some negative
> comments
> from individuals.) I'd like to use the safest site possible. The
> downloader
> I was looking is YouTube Downloader 2.5.6.

Sounds good to me. Some people had problems with cnet.com? Well, they
may have problems with some other sites too, for that matter. So far I
haven't run into such with cnet.com or download.com. Maybe someone else
has had some other experiences though.

> 2. Is there an advantage to converting videos from the .flv format--and if
> so, what is the best format to convert to? I use VLC Media Player on my
> WinXP computer.
>
> Thank you!

I don't see any point in converting FLV videos, assuming you have some FLV
capable player.

Well, maybe there is (possibly) one point: if you were going to burn and
play a DVD disk with the videos stored on them (i.e., it might be that MPG
is a more universally recognized playback format than FLV for some DVD
players).


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