Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't?

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	alt.windows7.general, comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't?
Date	2016-09-10 09:35 -0700
Message-ID	<D3F9846E.7C43A%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
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On 9/10/16, 6:31 AM, in article nr122n$etd$1@dont-email.me, "Mayayana"
<mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:

> "Snit" wrote
> 
> | > | I just use keepvid.com which even provides a simple applet. Have yet
> to
> | > find
> | > | a video I want to download which I cannot.
> | >
> | > I just tried the link I posted to Horace for an Adele song. something
> | > downloaded, but it didn't play.
> 
> | With Keepvid they have different formats you can download... be careful
> not
> | to download a "video only" format... assuming you meant it would not play
> | sound by "not play."
> |
> 
>    It worked on the second try. Thanks. I downloaded
> the 480p and apparently something went wrong. I
> got a file named videoplayback.mp4 that wouldn't play.

Odd. It does require a Jave applet and I have seen that be flakey on first
run... but other than that it has worked well for me.

> But I tried the 720p and that worked. good to know.
> 
>   Now if I can only find a free solution for Vimeo that
> doesn't require script, Flash, or otherwise playing the
> video in the browser.

I do not do that often, but can't you just right click on the video and
download it? You can stop it playing if you want.

Does require having its scripts on I would assume.

> (Keepvid say they can do it, but
> it seems to require their paid software [unknown cost
> and won't run on XP] plus an add-on.) I wouldn't
> entirely rule out paid software, but this is not a critical
> thing for me. I just find Vimeo links occasionally that
> I'd like to download. And there seems to be a cat-and-
> mouse tradition: Sites like Youtube regularly change
> their code, breaking download extensions. It wouldn't
> make much sense to buy software that might be outdated
> in 6 months. 

I have used keepvid for some time and so far it seems stable.



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