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YouTube begins experimenting with downloadable videos

arstechnica.com — Tools for grabbing videos from YouTube have existed for some time now, but Google's video portal began experimenting this weekend with allowing users to download a high-quality H.264 version directly from a video's site. The feature appeared first on the Obama campaign's ChangeDotGov account, and it is expected to roll out to the rest of YouTube ..

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  • WafflePirate, on 01/19/2009, -3/+204Its about damn time Google.
  • larryjr88, on 01/19/2009, -2/+134RealPlayer can play actual videos?

    I thought its only entertainment purpose was to say "Buffering" in pretty colors.
  • mark076h, on 01/19/2009, -3/+93It's great YouTube is doing this but im still going to need my FF video downloader addons for YouPorn and Redtube
  • Norse77, on 01/19/2009, -4/+74So I can download videos that have no audio, sweet.
  • splorpdotorg, on 01/19/2009, -1/+49Old, but still funny: http://www.krellan.com/rant/real-buffering.jpg
  • CATSCEO2, on 01/19/2009, -4/+49Finally! No more damn .flv's!
  • Jareth86, on 01/19/2009, -3/+43It looks like its already been rolled out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfp7FbsnsbU
  • Duffle, on 01/19/2009, -0/+34....RealPlayer? That came preinstalled on my HP desktop. In 2001.
  • identitymatrix, on 01/19/2009, -0/+34I think he's referring to how youtube is now trying to mute all videos with music in them.
  • Dailydose4me, on 01/19/2009, -1/+22Hopefully we can remove all those youtube leecher plugs from FF. Theyre all dragging right now.
  • inactive, on 01/19/2009, -0/+21...YouPorn has dowload links (albeit in FLV), doesn't it?
  • firesights, on 01/19/2009, -0/+21Please know what you're talking about before you run your mouth and make yourself out to be an idiot.
  • Shloppy, on 01/19/2009, -2/+23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Use_in_for ...

    It's acceptable to pluralize abbreviations/acronyms with an apostrophe.
  • inactive, on 01/19/2009, -1/+21this is some fmt=18 news
  • VodkanLemons, on 01/19/2009, -1/+20I've been experimenting with it for a long time, with DownloadHelper
  • Rivetgeek, on 01/19/2009, -0/+17dude...seriously...I know you cant be bothered to RTFA but at LEAST read the whole ***** description:

    "download a high-quality H.264 version"
  • inactive, on 01/19/2009, -0/+15So now Vixy.net will be obsolete.
  • sirbeta, on 01/19/2009, -0/+14Well if they make you visit the page over and over again, they get to serve you ads.
  • breakaway, on 01/19/2009, -0/+14I spent about 5 seconds looking for the 'download' link after clicking that :(
  • scarz99, on 01/19/2009, -0/+13Wow the quality is great!
  • Andrewmatt, on 01/19/2009, -0/+11Lurk moar
  • dOOBiEx213, on 01/19/2009, -2/+12Epic fail.
  • MooseOfReason, on 01/19/2009, -0/+10DownloadHelper works fine.
  • drummerguy520, on 01/19/2009, -0/+10What if your internet goes out?
  • JoelJ, on 01/19/2009, -1/+11Yay. That's nice. It makes me wonder what took so long though.
  • csuftech, on 01/19/2009, -0/+9I should have guess from the "rolled" comment!
  • wdw25, on 01/19/2009, -0/+9http://i39.tinypic.com/2hwcnbd.jpg

    That is what the ad was when I clicked the link.
  • colto, on 01/19/2009, -0/+9Zootube365
  • Meocross, on 01/19/2009, -0/+8Mutetube is the new fail.
  • specialK16, on 01/19/2009, -1/+9Or if you want to take them on the road?
  • LilRabbitFooFoo, on 01/19/2009, -0/+8They're doing this AFTER they killed YouTube by muting the audio of the vast majority of the only stuff worth watching on the site last week?! No thanks. Goodbye, YouTube. It was nice knowing ya!
  • factsahoy, on 01/19/2009, -0/+8What does YouTube's encoding bitrate have to do with HIS system, *****?
  • nypron, on 01/19/2009, -0/+7They should have done this A LONG TIME AGO
  • digitalhippie, on 01/19/2009, -0/+7I doesn't work most of the time anyways.
  • enterneo, on 01/19/2009, -0/+7bad news for my hard drive.
  • cyrix, on 01/19/2009, -0/+61998 called, they want you back.
  • inactive, on 01/19/2009, -1/+7its because there censoring all the comments and are only picking and choosing the ones they want to allow
  • cptnred, on 01/19/2009, -0/+5Not if you have Firefox 3, unfortunately. The plugin doesn't work anymore.
  • grenadesingh, on 01/19/2009, -0/+5or you can save the code as the location in a bookmark and then just click that bookmark to get the video. It's called a bookmarklet.
  • BugMeNot2, on 01/19/2009, -0/+5Spankwire.
  • inactive, on 01/19/2009, -1/+6Am I the only one that sees 55,813 views and 0 comments? wtf
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN1S1LdkUeg
  • iambrucenolan, on 01/19/2009, -0/+5Thankyou!
    I used to use keepvid
  • honeymustardn, on 01/19/2009, -1/+6This comment is buffering, please wait
  • breakaway, on 01/19/2009, -0/+5http://pastebin.com/f5b994c60
    Paste that into the title bar to grab any video you're currently watching. Works for HD stuff as well.
  • honeymustardn, on 01/19/2009, -2/+6I do
  • LaxDefender, on 01/19/2009, -0/+4Dont try to play a grammar nazi unless you actually know what you are talking about.
  • Pushkin, on 01/19/2009, -0/+4RP spammed enough of my computers. Never again, I voved, last millenium.
    To bad I see it still regularly on my Phone :(
  • Hadag2219, on 01/19/2009, -0/+4No, no it's not a trap. Shut up.
  • SpiritOfRock, on 01/19/2009, -1/+5Nazi*
    Capitalize proper nouns.
  • MooseOfReason, on 01/19/2009, -1/+5He's Akbar, beeyotch.
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