Posted by SteveK on 11/6/2006, 1:13 pm, in reply to "Handy Info About YouTube"
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Thanks Jim! --Previous Message-- : I discovered last night, after viewing a few : vids there of some great smoking clips, that : you CAN save ANY YouTube video out to your : HD and view with any player. : : Ok, so if some of you already know this, : skip the rest of this message and chalk this : up as me being a little late for the party. : : Anywho, there are two programs that are free : that will aid in your d'load process. One : is called YouTube grabber. The program is : very simple. All you do is d'load the : program, unzip it and execute. There is a : fill in field for the URL of the vid you : want. type it in (or copy and paste which : makes it easier) and then hit the grab : button. The program will d'load the vid. : Now, the file you get is a FLV file, so : you'll need either a player that plays them : OR you can go to another site to d'load the : codecs. I recommend K-Lite's Codec pack. : this pack has every codec you need to view : any movie file, including FLVs. Once you've : installed the codecs, you can open your : player (or the one supplied, which seems to : be a stripped down version of WMP). I use : WMP 11 and have no problems viewing what was : grabbed. : : Hopefully, this tidbit of info will become : invaluable to anyone here wanting to keep : the vids you see at YouTube of smokers. : Grab the programs while you can, while : YouTube is still around. : : Jim M. :