Can't download youtube video's anymore?
Trickster999
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A message at the top right of any youtube video used to come up saying "Download this video" (for real player).....but I think Real player had an update and now the message doesn't flash up when I hover my mouse top right anymore...anybody help with this please?
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If you install Freemake just make sure you opt-out (uncheck) of the bundled software (i.e toolbars or other rubbish that you wont want or need).
Read the installation screens carefully and always choose 'Custom Installation'
Other than that it works great
they are usually pretty good at updating it.
it happens more often than you'd think as some video sites dont want people leaching from them
The button does just vanish some days. Youtube seems to have all sorts of current and past youtubes. Realplayer will download some in one go, some in 2 and some take 3. as assorted elements are downloaded and then put back together....
I was recently looking for a means to download video's and I found a Chrome extension called "Video Downloader Professional" which claimed to be able to do the job.
Funny thing was, after downloading and installing, it flashed up a message saying "This version will not download youtube videos but click here to update to Video Downloader Ultimate for free".
I clicked to download the revised edition and the Ultimate version seems to be working perfectly.
I'm guessing that, seeing as how Chrome, Google and Youtube are all pissing in the same proverbial pot, it's frowned-upon for companies to offer Chrome extensions which allow people to download YT videos and providing this "manual upgrade" feature is a way to circumvent that.
It's a violation of the Chrome rules to have an addon that downloads Youtube content. Youtube options was the same, the version from the store wouldn't, but the version from their website did. It's SPOI options now and I haven't had to pay anything, but they allegedly charge.
You will get warnings like this which is maybe related to this then yet another but if you run them you end up with a good choice.
I've been using it for a number of years and you didn't have to allow so much but I've never had a problem apart from when it broke down for a day or two some months ago.
Apparently it requires installation of Java (*) though? As far as I'm aware, Java exploits via the browser are one of the major vectors for malware infection. (**) I'm sure that's how I got my last infection; I don't have Java on my current machine, and haven't had one since.
(*) Not to be confused with JavaSCRIPT, which is a different language used in browsers. That was originally called Livescript and was rebranded simply to get a slice of the hype Java was getting in the mid-90s Thus sentencing less-knowledgable users to years of pointless confusion... >:(
(**) Along with Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader exploits (the latter being Adobe's PDF reader; others are available)
Oh I see
I agree with keepvid, another one is tubeoffline.
Freemake is perfectly safe to install provided you read and use caution when installing.
Always choose the 'Custom' install NEVER the 'Recommended/Full'
I've used it for years without problems.
Going to the Enigma site given WebOfTrust shows this
http://postimg.org/image/hsbiv15ev/