HD youtube downloads?
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HD youtube downloads?
Is there a way to download Hi Def clips from youtube? just watched a great one of a Space Shuttle launch my machine plays the clip quite happily but if I click on download this video I get the message unable to download?my machine uses realplayer,it downloads normal quality clips no prob?
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I have VLC player but the default downloader seems to be real player,it downloads and plays the normal resolution clips no problem but it wont download any of the clips in the new Hi Definition part of youtube.
I can click on a H D clip and it plays just fine on my machine so obviously I have some kind of player that can deal with Hi Def but I cannot download and play them from my Hard Disk,
I can click on a H D clip and it plays just fine on my machine so obviously I have some kind of player that can deal with Hi Def but I cannot download and play them from my Hard Disk,
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I dont have a problem playing them, I go to youtube click on a HD clip and it plays just fine in HD on my machine what I cannot do is download em to play from my Hard disk offline,real player will not download Hi Def clips
Seems like I will have to change my default downloader,it not a problem I was just wondering why realplayer refused to download HD clips.
Seems like I will have to change my default downloader,it not a problem I was just wondering why realplayer refused to download HD clips.
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PMs FSL
Adobe - Media Player
First yer play's 'em, then find FLV file in temp internest thingy, saves it, and play it via the above.
Works for me
YouTube - Bruntonside Restaurant
The foods good as well..
Adobe - Media Player
First yer play's 'em, then find FLV file in temp internest thingy, saves it, and play it via the above.
Works for me
YouTube - Bruntonside Restaurant
The foods good as well..
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Realplayer is notoriously intrusive. You may need to reset all your default media stuf in windows. Personally, I won't have it on any of my machines.
I prefer to use Download manager, the use flv to avi converter (freeware) so as to avoid having multiple media players on the system.
Horses for courses, there are loads of ways to grab & play flv files.
I prefer to use Download manager, the use flv to avi converter (freeware) so as to avoid having multiple media players on the system.
Horses for courses, there are loads of ways to grab & play flv files.
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Here's a few options I found on google:
IE add-on
Firefox add-on
Stand alone app-YouTube Downloader HD
I would also get rid of RealPlayer.
IE add-on
Firefox add-on
Stand alone app-YouTube Downloader HD
I would also get rid of RealPlayer.
I've been using FlashGot for a while, which is by the same people who make DownThemAll (a great download manager), so they two addons play nicely with each other. I just tried it on a HD Test video on YouTube, and it offered me two files: a smaller FLV (Flash Video) file, and a larger MP4 video, which was huge: about 25MB for 90 seconds of video. On this Windows machine I'm on right now, I don't have the right codecs installed to play either, but I'll transfer them to Linux and see how they look.
edit: the MP4 file is HD alright: 1280 x 720, H.264 / AVC, 30fps. My poor little netbook can't play that back at 30fps, but it looks very nice. Note that when it comes to playback, once you have the right Codec installed, the "media player" in question hardly matters. It could be Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, VLC, or almost any "front end". They often go together, but on Windows I like Media Player Classic, which is a no frills player. I just need the H.264 codec to play it back there, perhaps x264.
edit: the MP4 file is HD alright: 1280 x 720, H.264 / AVC, 30fps. My poor little netbook can't play that back at 30fps, but it looks very nice. Note that when it comes to playback, once you have the right Codec installed, the "media player" in question hardly matters. It could be Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, VLC, or almost any "front end". They often go together, but on Windows I like Media Player Classic, which is a no frills player. I just need the H.264 codec to play it back there, perhaps x264.
Last edited by bnt; 7th Jul 2009 at 13:47. Reason: update