Wow. Thanks John. I haven’t tried it yet but will soon. Harry
On Dec 28, 2014, at 1:05 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, I have come late to the party but have found a way to save video’s > from most any source with no software to load, copy and render, no > complicated setup…it simply works. > > In the past I have used SnapZPro to capture video’s from the internet. Works > great but they always have a problem when Apple does a major update, there is > always a lag in them catching up….oh I wish Apple would buy them as was > rumored. > > A disadvantage of using a program like this is the setting the monitors to > not go to sleep and waiting for the entire program to play while it’s being > recorded…then the rendering inside SnapZ, this can be a very lengthly process. > > Since I am once again in limbo due to the upgrade to Yosemite and SnapZ not > working I looked around for a way to DOWNLOAD video’s from YouTube, and > wanted to share this with you, it will work on Windows as well as Mac. > > See the screenshots below, it’s fantastic. > > Simply go to Youtube as you always do, load the video you want to capture but > don’t play. > > <Screen Shot 2014-12-28 at 12.50.08 PM.png> > > > Remove all the URL address prior to “youtube”, and then add the letters “ss”, > without the quotation marks. > > > <Screen Shot 2014-12-28 at 12.50.31 PM.png> > > > This will take you to the “savefrom” site where your video will be waiting > for you to choose your format, once you do the download begins, once on your > machine it plays perfectly. It’s in the format of MP4, if that’s what you > pick but it expands well without distortion. > > This is going to save me tons of time and allow me to save interviews or > product reviews, instruction video’s etc. etc. with ease. They could then be > put on the iPad or iPhone (since they are MP4) should I wish to watch from a > mobile devise. > > Thought some of you might find this helpful. > > > <Screen Shot 2014-12-28 at 12.50.59 PM.png> > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
