Re: [papercreters] OT - Utube question

utube or Youtube?  Youtube videos are in Flash Video format (*.flv).  They are not a typical desktop format.  You need a special viewer, likely, to view them on your PC without them being served through the internet in your common every day browsers.

If you have Real Audio player installed, it will allow you to download any video format with exception to a new one employed by Youtube for the High Definition videos (which appears to only be streamable, not downloadable).  Real Audio has a little icon that pops up when you hover over a video, if you click on the icon you can download the file in its native format without any other special software.  

Either way, you'll need the special viewer for Flash Video format.  See this link:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Spaceman <Spaceman@starship-enterprises.net> wrote:

 

There is a plugin for Firefox called download helper that will save videos from utube and many other sites. Free, of course, like most open source software.

http://www.downloadhelper.net/

Once you install the plugin then while viewing the video's page, it is just a matter of clicking on the icon that download helper has, and telling it where to save the video.

spaceman

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Greetings,  I know many people on this list play with utube, so hopefully someone  can answer my questions.  There is a video that I want to see, being on  dial up I can't just watch it.  A freind has DSL and will download it,  but he can't figure out how.  He is using Linux.  Can anyone give  instructions?  He is going to burn it onto a DVD for me, since it won't  fit on a memory stick.  Bright Blessings, Kim   ------------------------------------  Yahoo! Groups Links  <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/  <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional  <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join     (Yahoo! ID required)  <*> To change settings via email:     mailto:papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com      mailto:papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com  <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/   

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