Re: Saving a film clip from youtube?

D. Kirkpatrick <sunclad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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

The answer to the above issues is TubeTV .... it works ...

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Adrian