[Dixielandjazz] Saving You tube and other videos

[John McClernan]

Lowell, Dan, et al.,
Ok, I guess it's time to add my 2¢. I use Mac OS 10.4.11 also and I  
reliably use Perian "the (free) Swiss Army knife for QuickTime".
Here's the URL:   http://www.perian.org
where you can download then install it. It will show up as a  
Preference Pane. At their site are 2 short video tutorials, just  
click on the tab that says "Watch". They are worth watching. All your  
questions will be answered. It is super easy to use. You can choose  
to leave the downloaded videos in their flash video format or have  
QuickTime save them as a QuickTime movie (.mov). Here's the one  
caveat:  you need QuickTime Pro, which is worth the $30. You will  
find other uses for it anyway. Besides, Apple has given away non-pro  
QuickTime for free for many years. Time to pony-up a little green for  
their efforts, fella:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore? 
productLearnMore=D3380Z/A

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Enjoy your weekend  
downloading video!
Cheers,
John


On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:24 PM, Dan Augustine wrote:

> Lowell--
>     I have a Mac (OSX 10.4.11) and the latest version of Real  
> Player for the Mac, which is version 10.1.0, and nowhere does it  
> even hint that you can save a video that you're watching (or if it  
> does, i'm too stupid to find it, or its explanations are incredibly  
> hermetic). That's why i got Snapz Pro, which does that.
>     I use Firefox, and as Andy Ling said, there appear to be some  
> extensions/plugins that allow you to download videos (but i've  
> never used any of them, and it's unclear to me if they apply to the  
> Mac). See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/ 
> cat:38
>
>     Dan
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ------
>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:59:35 -0600
>> From: Lowell Busching <verbose at daktel.com>
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Saving You tube and other videos
>> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>>
>> One of the listmates already gave the answer to the question about  
>> a free or inexpensive program to save videos from You Tube and  
>> other sources.  Real Player version 11.  That is the short answer  
>> along with saying it has a pop up window that allows you to do that.
>>
>> That answer is short and to the point for anyone totally familiar  
>> with using computer programs, but unfortunately that is not always  
>> the case even on the DJML. Thus my more verbose, of course, response.
>>
>> REAL PLAYER version 11 (not WMP version 11) even in the FREE  
>> version to download or upgrade to has an excellent video save  
>> option as noted in the short response. (SOMEONE has to do it that  
>> way!)
>>
>> The way to get the SMALL pop up window that allows you to do the  
>> recording is not intuitive I think, even after reading the  
>> instructions thoroughly and who does that anymore? No time. No Time!
>>
>> First, you have to be using Internet Explorer preferably If the  
>> Mac has a similar Real Player program I would like to know about  
>> it? I do not have a MAC myself. It may or may not work with other  
>> browsers. It works every time with IE.  It may work with Firefox.
>>
>> To get the so called pop up window, after installing VERSION 11  
>> ONLY, you start the video you want to save playing. Then move our  
>> cursor to the upper right corner of the smaller video screen (you  
>> might miss it in full screen mode) on You Tube for example, and  
>> indeed the small pop up attaches itself to that corner of the view  
>> area.
>>
>> You can click Save at ANY time during the playback to save the  
>> entire video. You do not have to start over. Not intuitive to  
>> newbies I think.
>> It saves the file to a folder on your computer which Real Player  
>> version 11 references and shows on their screen.  Imperfections in  
>> live playback thus may be eliminated on playback from Real Player  
>> version 11. Earlier version of RP will NOT record video.
>>
>> It will NOT save the file if it is illegal. Some paid for programs  
>> may make a screen save of some kind that will take anything. RP  
>> will not.
>>
>> This is as cheap and easy as you can go. To those of you who  
>> already know all this, why are you reading this far anyway? :-)   
>> Just delete the email as some other verbose mailers like to always  
>> say on the DJML.
>>
>> Lowell aka Mad Dog
>
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