You Tube speed

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 17 Feb 2006 3:53 pm

I have broadband(1.1Mbps) and these clips run very slow. Am I doing something wrong or is their site?
Cheers, Arch.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 17 Feb 2006 4:05 pm

What clips Archie? You didn't supply any links to them so how are we to know what this is all about? Also, please describe what the clips are about.

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Jim Peters · Post by **Jim Peters** » 17 Feb 2006 5:56 pm

archie, pause it till the gray colored buffer runs across the bottom. jp

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 17 Feb 2006 7:44 pm

Yes like Jim said; it takes time for a video file to load as opposed to a Mp3 sound only clip; so just let it load or watch it again after it buffers its way through.
Oh and Wiz; he is speaking of the youtube.com website that makes is possible for folks to load their own video files to a website to view> like the one below of Jerry Donahue noodling around on his Guitar. http://www.youtube.com/w/Jerry-Donahue?v=aTQk6khJLY4&search=jerry%20donahue
Ricky[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 17 February 2006 at 07:47 PM.]

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 17 Feb 2006 10:14 pm

I also found the site extremely slow.

Also:
Is there a way to save these clips to your hard drive after they have played once?
They do not seem to be stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder.

Thanks

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 18 Feb 2006 2:08 am

no issues here...

Unless they offer a DOWNLOAD link you may require a capture device for the video..

I believe there are several free software capture programs across NETLAND...
[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 18 February 2006 at 02:10 AM.]

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 18 Feb 2006 1:18 pm

Hi Tony,
do you have any suggestions for capture programs?
I downloaded a couple, but none of them can do Flashplayer videos that are on YouTube.

Thanks
Peter

Jeff Agnew · Post by **Jeff Agnew** » 18 Feb 2006 2:07 pm

Peter,

You don't really need a capture program, although that does offer some transcoding options.

If you have Firefox and the Greasemonkey extension, try this. Tip: This script saves files with a .php extension. Change it to .flv (FlashVideo). You'll need a .flv capable player. There are some listed on the above page and some let you transcode to other formats.

This method doesn't require Firefox but it involves a few more steps. You'll still need an FLV player.

Finally, This page is probably the cleanest method but who knows how long it will remain up. It also converts Google and iFilm videos. Don't forget to rename the resulting .php file.

[This message was edited by Jeff Agnew on 18 February 2006 at 02:07 PM.]

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 19 Feb 2006 4:08 am

Wow! Thanks Jeff!
I am using Firefox and
I will try all those suggestions.

Thanks a stack!
Peter

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 19 Feb 2006 5:02 am

That's a really confusing title Arch ???? (To Some)

And some fell on Stoney Ground

[This message was edited by basilh on 19 February 2006 at 05:03 AM.]

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 19 Feb 2006 6:26 am

It works great, Jeff!
No problems at all!
Thanks Again!

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 19 Feb 2006 10:22 am

Thank you, all.
Baz. Whatever do you mean?

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 20 Feb 2006 5:47 pm

I think that the quoted quote is what you mean when you say "What do you mean?"

What clips Archie? You didn't supply any links to them

Or maybe I didn't read the subject title right right off

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 21 Feb 2006 3:54 am

Sorry. You Tube clip links are the `in` thing on the forum at the moment. I wrongly assumed people would know what I was on about. Here's a clip which, ironically, plays without stopping; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXvpqDjVjKA&search=hank%20williams
Cheers, Arch.[This message was edited by Archie Nicol on 21 February 2006 at 03:58 AM.]

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 21 Feb 2006 8:27 am

Archie..I did understand the "You Tube" title it's just that SOME others (Who should have known) didn't..

Chuck Miller · Post by **Chuck Miller** » 22 Feb 2006 11:06 am

Can't watch any of them, they play about 1-2 seconds and quit.

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 22 Feb 2006 11:45 am

I capture the sound using Audacity, straight from computer speakers headphone out, back into computer input.
It's neanderthal, I know, with the signal going digital-analogue-digital, but it sounds OK.