ZiggyTV Stopped Dowloading

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 1 Nov 2013 2:19 pm

For over a year now I've been using the Basic, free version of ZiggyTV to download videos from YouTube, and I've come to rely on it. In fact I've downloaded so many shows and documentaries with it that I no longer watch live TV.

But a few days ago it stopped downloading. I've reinstalled it several times but it still won't download. Has anyone else had this problem? Have they changed the policy on dowloading so that you can only download with the paid-for Pro version?

Do any of you use the Pro version, and if so, what are its advantages? (It costs $35)

Does anyone know of an alternative YouTube downloader in the public domain which doesn't fill your computer with advertising connections?

Bill Moore · Post by **Bill Moore** » 1 Nov 2013 4:49 pm

I have been using SMPlayer. It plays all audio and video formats and include SMTube which can search and download from youtube. It works well and it's free. http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/

John Gould · Post by **John Gould** » 1 Nov 2013 6:11 pm

YouTube has changed , there are several downloaders that no longer work.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 2 Nov 2013 9:54 am

Thanks Bill, I'll try SMPlayer.

John, do you think that changes in YouTube, rather than in ZiggyTV, have caused ZiggyTV to stop working?

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 2 Nov 2013 10:45 am

Alan Brookes wrote:Thanks Bill, I'll try SMPlayer.

John, do you think that changes in YouTube, rather than in ZiggyTV, have caused ZiggyTV to stop working?

YouTube, owned by Google, regularly changes things to shake off freebie downloaders not authorized by Google.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 2 Nov 2013 1:21 pm

I guess I'm a freebee downloader.

How can I find out which downloaders are authorized by Google ?

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 2 Nov 2013 2:36 pm

Alan Brookes wrote:I guess I'm a freebee downloader. :oops:
How can I find out which downloaders are authorized by Google ?

Perhaps this will help...

Excerpt from the YouTube Terms of Service:

You shall not download any Content unless you see a â€œdownloadâ€ or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 6 Nov 2013 3:51 pm

Bill Moore wrote:I have been using SMPlayer. It plays all audio and video formats and include SMTube which can search and download from youtube. It works well and it's free. http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/

Thanks a lot, Bill. I downloaded SMPlayer via your link and I've been using SMTube ever since to download from YouTube. It works even better than ZiggyTV; a lot faster and so far it hasn't yet thrown me out, although I've downloaded as many as 18 videos simultaneously.