RSS and manually downloading the FLVs are the only way to get anything out of YouTube. So chances are 5 years of stuff would be extremely difficult to get out. Something else to think about is if your account gets closed (i.e. accused of copyright infringement too many times) you would lose access to all of it.
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > YouTube does have RSS feeds (i.e. www.youtube.com/rss/user/[insert > > username here]/videos.rss) but only the descriptive information and an > > EMBED are contained in the feed. Miro pulls down the descriptive > > information AND the FLV video, however. > > Yep. Youtube has RSS feeds. > > Just wondering about this scenario. > I am using Youtube regularly...posting video, text, etc. > In 5 years, I decide I want to move my stuff somewhere else. > I want to keep my archives since i was documenting my life. > > what are my choices? > Can I export out my info? > Or just delete my account totally and reupload my video somewhere else? > > I assume this is an issue for all social networks. > > Jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > > **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com** >
