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Youtube Download Sites

Civi — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:10:03 +0000

There are lots of Youtube downloaders online for saving videos, here are a few that you can use to download Youtube videos and watch them later on your computer. You can also find desktop downloaders if you don’t want to do it online.

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There are more here if you want

10 Youtube Alternatives

Civi — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:17:40 +0000

Youtube isn’t the only good video sharing site out there. There are a lot that you probably haven’t even heard of. Some are made only for fights, sports, automotive etc but we are only going to post ones that host general content like Youtube. Here is the list of the top 10.

Google Video – Has large viewing area and i have seen videos as long as 30mins in length

Daily Motion – Founded in 2005. Great looking and easy to use. The maximum file upload size is 150MB or 20 minutes.

Metacafe - Founded in 2003. Similar to Youtube except this one even pays you if you make a good video.

Myspace Video – Started in 2006. Has features similar to Youtube.

Yahoo video – Nice design and great site but much of the videos aren’t user submitted home videos.

Blip TV – Content is mainly shows instead of viral videos. Pays you 50% of the ad revenue generated from your video.

imeem – A viral content sharing website in which users can share videos, audio and photos.

Break – The player window is big and has a lot of controls to make your viewing experience better.

Spike - Lets you search videos across the web.

Revver - You can download any video from this site and you also get paid 50% of the ad revenue generated from your video.

From Youtube to your iPod

Civi — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:11:06 +0000

Converting Youtube videos to a format compatible with your iPod can be hard especially if you don’t know how to do it. There are a lot of free Youtube downloaders you can use to download the videos then use a different program to convert to the right format (.mp4 format). If you search carefully there are programs that can download Youtube videos straight to an iPod compatible format. One of these is YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter . it is a free desktop app that will download and convert Youtube videos to the iPod format then use iTunes to move it to the iPod. There is also MxTube which is an app you install on your iPod Touch the use it to download Youtube videos straight to your iPod Touch, no computer involved. You can also do this online without downloading anything at Vixy and mediaconverter by entering the video URL then choosing iPod or .mp4 as the output format.