So
you like my Video? Really? Great.
This
wearied series of questions may have crossed your mind whenever you come across
Video on YouTube. Often
times, these not-so-tech-savvy types may use FaceBook or Twitter to save the
link for the Video that they just watched or just copy it in an email to a
friend to watch later.
But
what about getting a hold of the Video itself?
First
before I proceed to spill the beans, please be reminded that downloading Video
from YouTube is
tantamount to Piracy. It’s not allowed, just tolerated, mainly due to the fact
that the six (6) year old website as
stated in the article “At
YouTube, adolescence begins at 5”, published May 16, 2010 11:06
PM PDT By Brad Stone, The New York Times, CNET
News.
Google’s
Video-sharing Website YouTube is now
the No.2 Search Engine online as per the report in “YouTube
garners most Video views”, published Monday August 16, 6:41 pm ET, Yahoo News.
Google’s
YouTube makes the majority of its revenue from
advertising and Video content Tie-ins with Content Providers, such as Time
Warner back in 2009AD as state in the article “Time
Warner, YouTube ink distribution pact”, published August 19, 2009
12:34 PM PDT by Larry Dignan, Digital Media, CNET News
With
revenues projected by Citi Analyst Mark Mahaney in the article “YouTube Will Be a $1.3B
Business in 2011: Report”, published March 21, 2011, 12:35pm By
Ryan Lawler, GigaOM to hit
some US$1.7 billion this year, YouTube is
easily Google’s second most successful acquisition to date to Android, now the de facto standard for Open Source on
smartphones.
The
fact that YouTube has
not yet blocked downloading programs from working is partly a decision of
Google to maintain the same spirit of sharing Video content which had made the
website created by one of YouTube’s
founders and CEO Chad Hurley.
Ironic,
as it has also been the source of many a legal battle between Google and
Content providers e.g. Hollywood Studios, who Google have managed to appease
mainly by offering them Ad-sharing and partnership deals and allowing Content
Providers to issue takedown notices so as to have Copyright Infringing content
removed.
Just
remember if you’re going to use any Video in any Commercial spotlight, Radio or
Television, contact the content owner first, as the Video you’ve downloaded
from their channel or Account may not even belong to them, putting you in more
legal hot water.
Also,
do not use the Video as is, but edit it in some significant way so that your
presentation at least looks original and you don’t get slapped with the “Idea
Pirate” label post-Corporate Event Presentation.
With
that said, let’s get to the fun stuff!!
According
the article “18 Free
Ways To Download Any Video off the Internet”, published October 2,
2007 by Aseem Kishore, Make
Use Of there are really two (2) ways you can download Video from YouTube:
1.
Web App – Program running from a Cloud Server on
the Internet that does all the heavy lifting in terms of downloading and
conversion of the Video to a viewable format
2.
Desktop App – Program you download and install
on your computer so that your computer’s Processor and Memory does all the
heavy lifting in terms of downloading and conversion of the Video to a viewable
format
Web
Apps are preferred mainly because they are at your beck and call online and
offer a host of other services, including Video conversion into multiple
formats and the ability to download Video from another websites other than YouTube.
But
if you don’t mind an installed program on your computer and you’re mostly
offline anyway as are most Jamaicans who only go online for Facebook or Twitter
as noted in Jamaica’s
Low Net Penetration – Broadband Internet A Universal Right then a
Desktop App is right for you.
It
is in this light that I recommend the following au pair of Freeware programs:
2.
SoThink
Web Video Downloader for Firefox as described in the article “How to
Download YouTube FLV with Firefox Video Downloader?”,
viewed November 6 2011 by Lindsworth Deer, So Think Media
Both
are fairly straightforward and easy to download, install and use with the SoThink
Web Video Downloader for Firefox having the added bonus of being
able to download Video from any website aside from YouTube, a prime restriction of BienneSoft YouTube Downloader.
Also
the SoThink
Web Video Downloader for Firefox is a Browser App that runs as
an add-on to the FireFox browser, necessitating that you have to have the
Firefox browser installed on your Computer.
My
only grouse with SoThink
Web Video Downloader for Firefox …well….the fact that you have
to have the FireFox Browser to use it. Which if you’re a fan of Google Chrome,
the world’s most favourite Browser as per the Stat Counter stats in Chrome
16 beats Firefox and IE8 –Mozilla going Mobile and Cloud OS on Smartphones,
Tablets and UltraBoooks, can be a pain.
On
the bright side, the Firefox Browser is far more stable than Google Chrome and
protects your privacy by deleting tracking cookies and it defaults to Google’s
Website thanks to their extended three (3) year Search Partnership Deal.
This
as stated in the article “Firefox
saved as Google renews default search engine deal”,
published December 20, 2011 By Jeff Hughes, DigitalTrends and “More
details on the Google/Firefox deal emerge, big numbers involved”,
published December 23, 2011 By Andy Boxall, DigitalTrends and
serves up YouTube
videos.
So
there’s something to stick in your bonnet Google!
BienneSoft YouTube
Downloader is not without flaw, as albeit it has a file converter, the
freeware version downloads videos quite slowly and you have to have a YouTube Account to download any adult
content.
As
for Video Editing so as to make sure you don’t mistakenly rip off someone else
online memes on YouTube, you
can professional Video Edit using:
Both
these options are free and comes preloaded with Microsoft and Apple Macs and
easy to use! Just make sure your PC is up for it in terms of Processor Speed,
Memory and HardDrive space, as Video Editing is very Processor intensive and is
worth another article at the very least.
But
what about making your edited videos into a DVD, a process known as DVD Authoring?
Another article another time…..
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