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YouTube goes offline - free and paid downloads

article published on 13 February, 2009

YouTube has introduced free and paid downloads -- maybe an another step towards a more commercially viable service. Both of them are currently in a test phase which means that only approved YouTube partners can add downloadable videos. Also a new "Purchases" tab has been added under "My Videos". YouTube partners are allowed set a small download fee for their submitted videos. In addition, ... [ read the full article ]

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bobino
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 12:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Coyote42
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 13:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can already download youtube videos in mp4 format by using pwnyoutube.
Merely type any youtube address, but add pwn before youtube

i.e.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1UPMEmCqZo&fmt=22
would be
http://www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=q1UPMEmCqZo&fmt=22
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gallagher
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 14:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The latest RealPlayer gives you the option to download most videos, including YouTube.
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Xplorer4
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 14:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Coyote42:
 You can already download youtube videos in mp4 format by using pwnyoutube.
Theres tons of those sites out, but personally I would much rather be bale to download it straight from youtube then messing with a second site.
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ZippyDSM
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4 product reviews
_ 		13. February 2009 @ 17:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It still dose not make this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBOMXC5M-fw
look as good as this

http://zippydsmlee.net/videos/newhumper.avi
, thus it fails...
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borhan9
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 17:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by gallagher:
 The latest RealPlayer gives you the option to download most videos, including YouTube.
I totally agree. I currently am using real player and it works a treat. There are ways to get around the $$$ too.
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IPRFenix
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 17:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Firefox (as well as other browsers) have had many plugins that let you download the videos from practically every stream site in existence, for a very, very long time now.

Video and sound quality for Youtube are still pathetic compared to the majority of the alternatives. So even without having said plugins, this is still hardly anything to rave about.
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yushi
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_ 		15. February 2009 @ 23:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Coyote42:
 You can already download youtube videos in mp4 format by using pwnyoutube.
Merely type any youtube address, but add pwn before youtube

i.e.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1UPMEmCqZo&fmt=22
would be
http://www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=q1UPMEmCqZo&fmt=22


You can download the videos using many addons to your browsers,but they are in bad quality.The original file will be in high quality as written in the picture.
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