Well, I've had success at this once before, but no longer. Does anyone know a good place to get the videos from google video? The one place I found gave me an .AVI that doesn't start up.
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Well, I've had success at this once before, but no longer. Does anyone know a good place to get the videos from google video? The one place I found gave me an .AVI that doesn't start up.
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There's a download link to the right of the video...they play in the Google video player.
I think that just acts as a shortcut. You need a "desktop video capture program" methinks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
Now, whether it's legal to D/L Google videos is beyond me. You'd think it would be, but who knows?
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Originally Posted by Beirut
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Originally Posted by google
Now there are some videos that you have to pay for where it doesn't give you the option to download. It didn't look like Alexander was asking about those though.
Nope - I was referring to the free ones. The file you download is a ".gvp" file which is 1kb - even for a 12 minute video. My understanding of it is the video player you download (GAH! Downloading another .exe! GAH!) uses the gvp file to figure out which vid to access on the internet.
[RANT]I haven't tried it out, because I'm sick of downloading video players for everything on the internet. Every moron with popular content has to have some fifth-party software with dubious titles needed to play whatever interesting media they have...[/RANT]
Back on track, I'm after complete free content only. As to the legality of that, I don't really know. :juggle2:
Well, the google video player is pretty nice. And it only tries to run the gvp files.
The Crystal Player that I mention in the freeware thread will run the gvp files as well as .mov, .wmp, .mpeg and whatever else you have.
What file size are your gvp's? :inquisitive:
hmm, they are in the MB's. Now that I think about it, you have to have the google video player for the first time you watch the video. It downloads the complete file while you watching.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good
I'm not clear on what your objection to installing the google video player is though.
I'm sorry, I thought you needed a special program to capture and store those videos on your machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
Does the extension change to .gvi?
I might get it if that's how it works...
My objection is that I have enough dubious .exe's on my PC that I use once to get or use a single file and then I never use again. Which will probably be what happens with this vid...
Yeah, it changes to .gvi
Ah. Well, then I'll give it a go. Thanks! :2thumbsup:
I don't like it because it's just another way google has of controlling access to content. Google earth? Very nice, but you have to be connected to the internet.
Same thing, it appears, with google video player. They can't just let you download a quicktime or microsoft media version, they make you download their player, which requires internet access, it appears.
And I don't like it.
Crazed Rabbit
Nah, you don't need internet access to play the files.
I imagine google earth would take up quite a bit of room if you had all the information on your computer, and you'd have to update it all the time.
I don't care about it.
I assume you are talking about flash videos from youtube/google etc which can't be downloaded using the 'save as' function.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good
I use several userscripts to download those videos. But the easiest way would be to cut and paste it to keepvid.com to download it.
Then get a flv player and you should be set.