Re: Saving a film clip from youtube?

In article <road.biker-469C99.18032122072007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Old Roadie <road.biker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Using any of Safari, Camino, or Firefox, is there a way to save the 
> actual flash file used by youtube?
> 
> If there's another browser that will let it be done, I'm listening...
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill



There are web sites dedicated to downloading YouTube videos.  BTW, 
Google owns it so going to video.google.com gets pretty much the same 
content.  They are linked but not merged as yet.

Google "save youtube video" and you will get a host of sites that will 
do it for you.

You result in an FLV file which is FlashPlayer's latest propriatary 
format.  
You will then need to get an FLV video player (there are freebies on 
the net) or find a converter.  (If you rip it from Google its a GLV 
file - their version of FLV.  Google offers a GLV player for Win and 
Mac for free)

In my case I have done this on a Windows Box but haven't tried on a 
Mac yet.  Be prepared however for file size shock because an FLV file 
is extremely compressed.  When I expanded an FLV file to Windows Media 
it went from 8 MB to something like 40 MB.  I had problems going 
direct from FLV to QT (MPG4).

YMMV with QT direct on a Mac.

Good luck.

DMK