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Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack

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In article <do_ray_me-2192D9.09252831012014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> > audio hijack requires the content to play in real time.
> > 
> > it's definitely *not* the best solution.
> 
> You are not wrong. The question is what is the best. I tried the 
> plugin I mentioned that opened the YouTube video in QT7 - ClickToFlash 
> - and was able to get a good sound file. The lecture was about an hour 
> and three quarters, over 100 MB, it took ages to complete the 
> conversion, over half an hour. Presumably it had to download all of 
> what it would normally stream, then do the conversion. 
> 
> It was not a pleasant experience though, because the process basically 
> made my machine useless, it was somehow hogging all the memory or cpu 
> (no, I have not investigated the whole matter in detail). Spinning 
> balls, no reasonable real-time response to any other commands 
> (including, annoyingly, Finder). 
> 
> Yet I was pleased with the result! And maybe if I quit all apps except 
> Safari and QT beforehand on the next trial, maybe a clearing restart, 
> and with a different URL, the experience will be different.

every time i've downloaded a youtube video with the plugin, it's
downloaded in the background like any other file would, without any
impact to the user or the machine. 

when the download is complete, just open it in quicktime player and
extract the audio file. 

there is no need to convert formats unless whatever you used to
download it did so in a format where you can't easily extract the audio
(such as flash). i usually pick mp4, which opens directly in quicktime
player.

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Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-29 08:54 +1100
  Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack <henry@att.net> - 2014-01-28 15:16 -0800
    Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-29 19:18 +1100
    Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Mike Lane <mike_laneSPAM@mac.com> - 2014-01-29 18:32 +0000
      Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Paul Goodman <goodmanp@comcast.net> - 2014-01-29 23:33 -0500
        Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-30 17:13 +1100
          Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Mike Lane <mike_laneSPAM@mac.com> - 2014-01-30 08:05 +0000
            Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-30 19:17 +1100
              Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-30 13:05 +0000
                Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-30 17:55 +0100
          Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-30 13:49 -0500
            Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-31 09:25 +1100
              Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-30 18:22 -0500
                Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-31 11:56 +1100
                Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-31 12:26 +1100
                Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-30 21:43 -0500
                Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-31 17:53 +1100
              Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 10:49 +0100
                Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-31 23:43 +1100
      Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-30 13:03 +0000
  Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-29 14:36 -0500
    Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-30 08:32 +1100
      Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-29 16:39 -0500
        Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-30 10:32 +1100
          Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-29 18:51 -0500
            Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-30 17:10 +1100
              Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-30 13:49 -0500
            Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-30 20:07 +1100
              Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-30 20:14 +1100
              Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-30 14:57 +0000
      Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-29 21:57 +0000
  Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-30 19:26 +0000
    Re: Converting streaming video to just the soundtrack dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-31 09:22 +1100

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