"Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message
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> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> I have two questions about downloading YouTube videos:
>>
>> 1. Is cnet.com a safe site from which to download a video downloader?
>> (I Googled cnet.com and got an OK review from McAfee but some
>> negative comments from individuals.) I'd like to use the safest site
>> possible. The downloader I was looking is YouTube Downloader 2.5.6.
>>
>> 2. Is there an advantage to converting videos from the .flv
>> format--and if so, what is the best format to convert to? I use VLC
>> Media Player on my WinXP computer.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>
> The YouTube video, once viewed, will be in your IE TIF folder. Assuming
> the file is intact, you should be able to copy it to another folder play
> it with VLC. It's probably a good idea to rename it and append the .flv
> extension to it.
>
> If you would rather not do that much work, entering the YouTube URL into
> the keepvid.com site should work:
>
> http://keepvid.com/
>
> Othre people like to use Firefox and the greasemonkey plugin to download
> YouTube videos.
>
> Or simply don't worry about it if you have a high-speed connection and if
> you think YouTube will wind up keeping the video on its site (this is
> usually the case).
>
> As long as your video player plays .flv files, I see no advantage in
> converting them to another format.
>
Thank you, Daave! I'm afraid I need more help, though. First, I checked
Temporary Internet Files, which showed a folder named Content.IE5, which
seemed to contain a bunch of letter/number jpg, gif, etc. files. Did I do
something wrong?
Then, I tried keepvid.com, but I got the following message across the top of
the page: "Your security settings do not allow websites to use ActiveX
controls on your computer... Click here for options." But I can't click on
that message. As soon as I hover the mouse over it, it goes blue and is
unclickable. I pasted in the URL anyway and clicked on "download." The page
said: "Loading Java applet." But it never loaded, and I got an error message
that indicated I could "click here" to download Java or--if I had
it--restart the browser. I could have sworn I had Java, but I don't see a
Sun Microsystems folder in Program Files, and I didn't see anything in Add
or Remove Programs. Does this mean that I should download Java? (I did
restart the browser but encountered the same problem.)
Thank you again!
Jo-Anne